Caliphate Definition & Meaning

caliphate
noun
  1. the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community; "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"
  2. the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
  3. the office of a caliph

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  • "abbasid caliphate"
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