caliph

Definitions

noun

1

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

1

Alternative letter-case form of caliph.

Collocations

2

VERB + CALIPH

reign

CALIPH + NOUN

'harun, er-rashid', islam

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered

calif
kaliph
kalif
khalif
khalifah

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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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

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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 uncon

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Zulfiqar was the famous sword of Hazret-i Ali, fourth caliph of Islam.

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Baba 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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