A caliphate (Arabic: خِلَافَةْ, romanized: khilāfah [xi'laːfah]) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph[1][2][3] (/ ˈkælɪf, ˈkeɪ -/; خَلِيفَةْ khalīfa [xæ'liːfæh], pronunciation ⓘ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of t...

A caliph is the supreme religious and political leader of an Islamic state known as the caliphate. [1][2] Caliphs (also known as 'Khalifas') led the Muslim Ummah as political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, [3] and widely-recognised caliphates have existed in various forms for most of Islamic history. [4]

2025年2月14日 · Caliph, in Islamic history, the leader of the Muslim community. The title was first used when Abu Bakr, companion of the Prophet Muhammad and an early convert to Islam, was chosen to assume Muhammad’s political and administrative …

The meaning of CALIPH is a successor of Muhammad as temporal and spiritual head of Islam —used as a title.

2025年3月18日 · Caliphate, the political-religious state comprising the Muslim community and the lands and peoples under its dominion in the centuries following the death (632 ce) of the Prophet Muhammad.

2019年12月3日 · Caliphate (“Khilafat” in Arabic) was a semi-religious political system of governance in Islam, in which the territories of the Islamic empire in the Middle East and North Africa and the people within were ruled by a supreme leader called Caliph (“Khalifa” in Arabic – meaning successor).

1 天前 · Caliph appointment is the most visible aspect of the Islamic political system. In the context of Islamic leadership, a caliph refers to the leader of the Muslim Ummah who is responsible for applying Islamic laws, upholding justice, and ensuring the welfare of the people. Scholars have widely debated the process of the caliph's appointment, and

2019年3月3日 · A caliph is a religious leader in Islam, believed to be the successor to the Prophet Muhammad. The caliph is the head of the "ummah," or the community of the faithful. Over time, the caliphate became a religiopolitical position, in which the caliph ruled over the Muslim empire.

2024年11月10日 · While the title “Caliph of Allah” was controversial in some circles, the use of the title never implied divinity or that the caliph was sovereign. It simply meant that the caliph as head of the Islamic State would implement the law of sharia and look after the affairs of people according to this law.

A caliph is a Muslim monarch who claims to be a successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the founder of the Muslim Arab rule in the 7th century. Their rule is called a caliphate. Map of caliphate