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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
caliph
noun
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▪ As soon as the city showed signs of disorder, the caliph ordered women to stay at home.
▪ He was the second caliph to govern after the death of the Prophet. 2.
▪ Only the violence of the subversive could interact with the violence of the caliph.
▪ Several hours earlier the caliph woke feeling very strange.
▪ Shortly afterwards, his defeated opponent Ali reappeared and was in turn acclaimed caliph.
▪ The caliph is the successor to the Prophet, the one who takes his place as governor of the faithful.
▪ The caliph was veiled because he represented a dangerous concentration of power-the power to kill.
▪ The stranger asked permission to approach the caliph, who granted it and invited him to be seated.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caliph

Caliph \Ca"liph\ (k[=a]"l[i^]f), n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khal[=i]fan successor, fr. khalafa to succed (i. e. a successor of Mohammed).] Successor or vicar; the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, used formerly by the sultans of Turkey. [Written also calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
caliph

late 14c., from Old French caliphe (12c., also algalife), from Medieval Latin califa, from Arabic khalifa "successor," originally Abu-Bakr, who succeeded Muhammad in the role of leader of the faithful after the prophet's death.

Wiktionary
caliph

alt. The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual. n. The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual.

WordNet
caliph

n. the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world" [syn: calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif, khalifah]

Wikipedia
Caliph (disambiguation)

A caliph is the head of state in a caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah

Caliph may also refer to:

  • Ahmadiyya Caliphate
  • USS Caliph (SP-272), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission in 1917 and again in 1918

Usage examples of "caliph".

Shias from the Iranian province of Daylam south of the Caspian Sea, the Buwayhids continued to permit Sunni Abbasid caliphs to ascend to the throne.

Because the Sunni caliphs were cognizant of this hope, the Imams generally were persecuted during the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties.

Suleiman, the general who subjugated the country, and became the capital and the residence of the successive lieutenants of the Abbasid caliphs.

That Joshua had gained his wisdom from the fifth Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad, who might himself have been Judas or Christ if only he had foreseen a painful future as clearly as he recalled a blissful past?

Caliphs of the first Arabian dynasty did not exhibit the same interest in education, and above all in science, that characterized Moawia.

North and the South Franks had ships there, as did the Spanish, the Aragonese, the Emirate of Granada, the Sultan of Morocco, the Hafsid caliph, the Grand Duchy of Sardinia, the King of Sicily, the Prince of Serbia, the Archcount of Corfu, and the King of Hungary.

Roman See for as long as I can recallboth the North and the South Franks had ships there, as did the Spanish, the Aragonese, the Emirate of Granada, the Sultan of Morocco, the Hafsid caliph, the Grand Duchy of Sardinia, the King of Sicily, the Prince of Serbia, the Archcount of Corfu, and the King of Hungary.

After this victory, the wealthy province of Irak, or Assyria, submitted to the caliph, and his conquests were firmly established by the speedy foundation of Bassora, a place which ever commands the trade and navigation of the Persians.

The Carmathians were ripe for rebellion, since they disclaimed the title of the house of Abbas, and abhorred the worldly pomp of the caliphs of Bagdad.

The sect of the Carmathians may be considered as the second visible cause of the decline and fall of the empire of the caliphs.

I can trace my family in a continuous line to the Fatimid Caliphs who ruled here two hundred years ago.

But the name of Cairo, the town of victory, more strictly belongs to the modern capital, which was founded in the tenth century by the Fatimite caliphs.

When the Fatimite caliph departed for the conquest of Egypt, he rewarded the real merit and apparent fidelity of his servant Joseph with a gift of his royal mantle, and forty Arabian horses, his palace with its sumptuous furniture, and the government of the kingdoms of Tunis and Algiers.

Her vessels transported the Latin pilgrims to the coasts of Egypt and Palestine, and deserved, by their useful imports, the favor and alliance of the Fatimite caliphs: an annual fair was instituted on Mount Calvary: and the Italian merchants founded the convent and hospital of St.

After the defeat of the Romans, the tranquillity of the Fatimite caliphs was invaded by the Turks.