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nounthe 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
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nounthe office of a caliph
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nounthe territorial jurisdiction of a caliphtype of:
Definition that contains caliphate
- ataturk Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938)
- kemal pasha Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938)
- mustafa kemal Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938)
- kemal ataturk Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938)