caliph

IPA: kˈæɫʌf

The political leader of the Muslim world; the successor of the prophet Muhammad's political authority.
Alternative letter-case form of caliph. [The political leader of the Muslim world; the successor of the prophet Muhammad's political authority.]

Examples of "caliph" in Sentences

Colonization and modern caliphate.
But then the caliph was taken ill.
Kiswah in the reign of the Caliphs.
The Muslims were afraid of the Caliph's power.
Is it abu Bakr the first caliph or Omar the second caliph.
In these times, to be called a caliph you must have money.
Hunger forced the city inhabitants to submit to the caliphate.
Ice cream was the favorite dessert for the Caliphs of Baghdad.
Ali, the caliph of the time, emerged from the court cheerfully.
There followed three generations of defeat and subjugation by the Caliphate.
Bakhamra and the Caliph overhear the vizier plan to kill them and blame Harun.
'Effendi, do you think that a man can conquer Syria, who is not called a caliph?
He was called the caliph, a word which means SUCCESSOR; and this title has been borne ever since by the religious chief of the Mohammedans.
The Ottoman sultan seized the title of caliph from the Arabs and moved the capital of the Islamic empire to Istanbul formerly Constantinople.
The Ottoman sultans then claimed the title of caliph and brandished it for four centuries until Kamal Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic, abolished it in 1924.
The caliph was the “commander of the faithful,” the political and military leader of the worldwide community of Muslims, and the city where he lived was the caliphate—the capital of the Muslim world.