The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth.
Head of state in a caliphate.
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Examples for "caliphs "
Examples for "caliphs "
1 The two caliphs publicly pray for each other while waging fierce war.
2 Nor did the caliphs extort taxes without giving something in return.
3 To return, then, for a moment, to the downfall of the Ommiade caliphs .
4 A new dynasty came to the throne of the caliphs of Damascus in 750.
5 The caliphs of the West and of Africa imitated their brethren of the East.
1 After this, 'Ala' al-Din remained for some time in the caliph 's service.
2 Al-Baghdadi became the declared caliph of the newly renamed Islamic State group.
3 Balsora was the capital of a kingdom long tributary to the caliph .
4 They settled in the Chaldean marshes, assumed independence and defied the caliph .
5 He immediately wrote to the caliph a letter in which he says:
6 Al Farra bowed low, but said nothing; and the caliph went on.
7 The caliph went up to the hall, and knocked at the door.
8 The caliph was much amazed, and asked in what manner she meant.
9 The Sultan at Constantinople still calls himself caliph of the Moslem world.
10 Having offended the caliph , he was in prison for a short time.
11 The telling of this story, said the barber, made the caliph laugh.
12 The telling of this story, continued the barber, made the caliph laugh.
13 He told, among others, the story of the caliph and his vizier.
14 The caliph , who had heard all the dispute, thought it very intricate.
15 When Selim the Learned had read this, the caliph was exceedingly delighted.
16 So the subject of who gets called a caliph is dangerous stuff.
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