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Meanings of caliphates in English

Russian
халифат
Portuguese
califado
Spanish
califato
Catalan
califat

Islamic form of government, considered a successor state to the realm of Muhammad.

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халифат
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Examples for "caliphate"
Examples for "caliphate"
1
The Islamic State has declared an Islamic caliphate in Syria and Iraq.
Reuters
2
The mosque is where Islamic State first declared a 'caliphate' in 2014.
Reuters
3
Could they form the hard-core base, the foundation, of a second caliphate?
A week in december
4
And it can continue to spread fear, even as its caliphate crumbles.
Reuters
5
He then stayed as long he could in its shrinking, self-declared caliphate.
Reuters
Usage of caliphates in English
1
Their culture was heavily influenced by the Mongols and Islamic caliphates.
News.com.au
2
After a little more than a hundred years, the empire was divided into two caliphates.
The Navy as a Fighting Machine
3
The division of the Arabian Empire into rival caliphates did not check the spread of Islam.
Early European History
4
While I have been far more worried about all those senior officers in the Pakistan Army who are caliphates.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
5
Then, effeminacy spreading even to the warriors, strength to resist internal disorders as well as external assaults gradually faded, and both caliphates fell.
The Navy as a Fighting Machine
Translations for caliphates
Spanish
califato
Catalan
califat
Caliphates through the time