caliph
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~ 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"
caliphate
— Noun
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~ the office of a caliph
caliphate
— Noun
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~ the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community; "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"
caliphate
— Noun
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~ the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph