Definition of Caliphate

1. Noun. 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"

Generic synonyms: Epoch, Era

2. Noun. The territorial jurisdiction of a caliph.
Generic synonyms: Jurisdiction

3. Noun. The office of a caliph.
Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot

Definition of Caliphate

1. n. The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.

Definition of Caliphate

1. Noun. A unified federal Islamic government for the Muslim world, ruled by an elected head of state or caliph. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Caliphate

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Caliphate

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Literary usage of Caliphate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"But in the foi lowing year, 450, during his absence, the Shi'ites made themselves masters of the metropolis, and proclaimed the Caliphate of the ..."

2. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"Character of the Caliphate. The Saracen dominion conquest of Saxony at the ... But the Caliphate, as a Semitic and Mahometan power, could be European only ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In the same way, at a later date, the transfer of the Caliphate from Damascus to Baghdad marked the accession of a new family to the supreme power, ..."

4. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"The Egyptian Caliphate . . . played an important part in the history of the ... The Caliphate c definitively in 1258 AD, when the Tartar Hulagu Khan sacked ..."

5. A History of Egypt by Sir John Pentland Mahaffy, Joseph Grafton Milne, Stanley Lane-Poole, William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1901)
"A few oi the caliphate coins struck at Misr (Fustat) bear the name-: of go< ... of the Nile to its embouchure, became a province of the Muslim caliphate. ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The last of the Caliphs of the Abbasid line, he resigned the caliphate to the ... The translation of the Caliphate was confirmed by the recognition which ..."

7. The Dark Ages, 476-918 by Charles William Chadwick Oman (1908)
"CHAPTER XIV THE CONTEST OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE AND THE Caliphate 641-717 ... with the Caliphate—His publication of the 'Type'—His invasion of Italy and war ..."

8. An Universal History: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Timeby George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton by George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton (1766)
"Abdicates the caliphate, with his mi- p и -riment and death ... Railed to the caliphate at' Egypt, and clemency to his rival brother, ..."

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