caliph.
The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English calife, caliphe, from Old French caliphe, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) and خَلِيف (ḵalīf, “successor”).
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