What is "caliphs"

Usage examples of "caliphs".

Cities such as Marv and Bokhara, which were in the old greater Khurasan, had begun since the middle of the ninth century to enjoy a measure of political freedom from the Caliphs of Baghdad, though still subject to them as the legal heads of Islam.

The legal headship of the Faith had been vested since 750 in the Caliphs of Baghdad, who represented orthodox Islam.

Islam was both the Law and the Faith, and the Caliphs represented the continuation of what was termed the Sunna, the orthodox tradition of the doctrine and legal decisions which the Prophet had bequeathed to the Muslim community.

Fatimid Caliphs in Egypt, who survived from 909 until 1171 and opposed the Caliphs of Baghdad.

During that time, Baghdad was arguably the greatest center of art, learning, and culture in the world and was ruled by storied caliphs such as Harun al-Rashid, famous for his role in the epic Thousand and One Nights.

Caliph who will outshine the splendors of previous caliphs as a sun outshines a moon.

Princes of Portugal have always been on better terms with the English than have most of the other kings and princes and caliphs on that peninsula.

She had a hard job holding herself in because it made her angry and sad at the same time, all this babble about kings and queens and caliphs and not one word, not one bloody word had he mentioned about angels!

The arrogant comparison with the classical caliphs was not lost on Hamid-Jones.

The 'Abbasids moved the capital from Damascus to Baghdad, where they remained Caliphs until 1258, when Hulagu Khan the Mongol executed the last 'Abbasid Caliph.

Isma'ilis developed into a powerful underground movement and ultimately established the Fatimid Caliphs in Egypt, who survived from 909 until 1171 and opposed the Caliphs of Baghdad.

Mesopotamia was among the first of the conquests of the caliphs who succeeded the prophet Muhammad, and it enjoyed temporary glory again when 'All ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph and the husband of Muhammad's beloved daughter, Fatima, moved the Islamic capital to Kufa in southern Mesopotamia.

The game's played with stars, and it's nothing less than the transformation of the universea gathering of all the inhabited stars under a wise and compassionate Caliph who will outshine the splendors of previous caliphs as a sun outshines a moon.

And there also is the fact that the Princes of Portugal have always been on better terms with the English than have most of the other kings and princes and caliphs on that peninsula.