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A
caliphate
(
Arabic
:
??????
khil?fa
) is a form o
Islamic
govrenment
led bi a
caliph
(
Arabic
:
??????
khal?fah
pronunciation
(
help
·
info
)
)?a person considered a poleetical an releegious successor tae the
prophet
Muhammad
an a leader o the entire
Muslim commonty
.
[1]
- ↑
Kadi, Wadad; Shahin, Aram A. (2013). "Caliph, caliphate".
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought
: 81?86.