caliph
see also: Caliph
Pronunciation
Caliph
Noun
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see also: Caliph
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkeɪ̪lɪf/, /ˈkælɪf/
caliph (plural caliphs)
- The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual.
- The Abbasid caliphs patronized art and science beside religious developments ushering in the Islamic Golden Age when their capital Baghdad began to flourish as a center of knowledge, culture and trade.
- French: calife
- German: Kalif, Kalifin (cf. Päpstin)
- Italian: califfo
- Portuguese: califa
- Russian: хали́ф
- Spanish: califa
Caliph
Noun
caliph (plural caliphs)
- Alternative spelling of caliph
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