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Definition of Caliph

1. Noun. 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"

Definition of Caliph

1. n. Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey.

Definition of Caliph

1. Noun. The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Caliph

1. a Muslim leader [n -S] : CALIPHAL [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caliph

Literary usage of Caliph

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

1. The Dictionary of Biographical Reference: Containing Over One Hundred by Lawrence Barnett Phillips (1889)
"1094 DU 29th Abbasside caliph of Bagdad, 1118 ; 6. 1091, d. 1135 u. ... Ahou Abdallah Mohammed V. al, Abbasside caliph of Egypt ; 1485*—1538 DU ..."

2. The Green Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang (1906)
"In short, anyone could see that the caliph was in an excellent humour. ... The caliph withdrew his pipe for a moment from his lips and asked, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It existed till the time of the caliph Radi, when that of Amir aï-Omar» was ... The supreme chief received the title of caliph, or of Commander of the ..."

4. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Meanwhile the caliph, who desired to be auU in person at the taking of ... In vain did the new caliph despatch from Egypt a ; of four hundred ships to carry ..."

5. Works by Washington Irving (1896)
"THE life and reign of the caliph Omar, distinguished by such great and striking ... The caliph inquired into his condition, and, finding that he was a ..."

6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In August 1121 al-Af^al was assassinated in a street of Cairo, it is said, with the connivance of the caliph, who immediately began the plunder of his house ..."

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