A caliphate or khilāfah (Arabic: خِلَافَةْ [xi'laːfah]) is a monarchical form of government (initially elective, later absolute) originated in the 7th century ...
A caliph is the supreme religious and political leader of an Islamic state known as the caliphate. Caliphs led the Muslim Ummah as political successors to ...
A caliph is the head of state in a caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah.
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In Arabic, caliph means "a successor to the prophet". This is what leaders of the Islamic faith came to be called. Their rule is called a caliphate.