Definition that contains caliph
- ali the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites; he was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; after his assassination Islam was divided into Shiite and Sunnite sects
- sunni a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad
- caliphate the office of a caliph
- shiite a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
- caliphate the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
- ataturk Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938)
- umayyad the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus
- shia muslim a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
- omayyad the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus
- sunnite a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad