caliph
Collocations
2VERB + CALIPH
reign
CALIPH + NOUN
'harun, er-rashid', islam
Definitions
noun
The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.
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.
It carries us to the East, and the stately halls of the caliphs rise on the mind's eye; and we think over the thousand and one stories which made our childhood so happy, and stored up a world of unconscious poetry for our future years:...
noun
Alternative letter-case form of caliph.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered
- calif
- kaliph
- kalif
- khalif
- khalifah
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4The 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
WiktionaryIt carries us to the East, and the stately halls of the caliphs rise on the mind's eye; and we think over the thousand and one stories which made our childhood so happy, and stored up a world of uncon
WiktionaryZulfiqar was the famous sword of Hazret-i Ali, fourth caliph of Islam.
Tatoeba · #1032215Baba Abdullah was a very wealthy merchant and lived in the city of 'Baghdad' during the reign of the caliph 'Harun er-Rashid'.
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