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Caliphs

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califnounAlternative spelling of caliph. [The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.]
kalifnounA rank in the Ku Klux Klan
khalifnounAlternative form of caliph. [The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.]
kaliphnounAlternative spelling of caliph. [The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.]
fatimitenounSynonym of Fatimid.
omayyadnounAlternative form of Umayyad. [A member of the Umayyad dynasty.]
ommiadnounAlternative form of Umayyad. [Of or relating to the Umayyad dynasty, which ruled the Umayyad Caliphate from Damascus between 661 and 744 then from Harran until 750, and al-Andalus between 756 and 1031.]
successorsnounA person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
umayyadnounA member of the Umayyad dynasty.
abbasidnounOf or relating to the Abbasid caliphs.
seljuksnounSeljuk Bey, the legendary founder of an Oghuz Turk dynasty that ruled an eponymous Sunni Muslim empire in Southwest Asia and numerous successor states, particularly in Anatolia.
sufisnounA mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
fatimidnoun(historical) A member of a Muslim dynasty in North Africa and Egypt (approx. CE 900-1200).
surasnounAny of the 114 chapters of the Quran.
mamelukenoun(US (Italian-American), derogatory, slang) A fool.
ibnnoun(in Arabic names) son of
imamatenoun(Islam) The office or jurisdiction of an imam.
sunnahnoun(Islam) (An example of) Muhammad's way of life, as recorded in the hadiths, especially when viewed as a model for Muslims to emulate.
achaemenidsnounA member of the dynasty which ruled the Persian empire c. 550–330 BCE (the Achaemenid Empire).
mamluknounAlternative form of Mameluke. [(historical) A member of various military regimes in the Middle East established and run by freed white slave soldiers, mainly from the Eurasian steppe or the Caucasus; in particular, those who formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria from 1260 until 1516.]

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