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khalifah

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: caliph, calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif]

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Khalifah (film)

Khalifah is a 2011 Indonesian film directed by Nurman Hakim and starring Marsha Timothy, Ben Joshua, and Indra Herlambang.

Usage examples of "khalifah".

In Alexandria, the Khalifah had closed every port in Egypt, Libia, and Tunisia, then set armed men to turn back any caravan bound from any direction other than south.

The Arabs indeed might have styled him Khalifah, which signifies a substitute, deputy, or vicegerent.

Revell, the bomb, built by two Libyan intelligence agents — Abdel Basset al-Megrahi and Lamin Khalifah Fhima — was placed inside a suitcase and smuggled into the airport at Malta, and tagged for its final destination to JFK airport in New York.