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This oblige is about the Moslem head of state. For other meanings of Caliph, see Caliph (disambiguation).
Caliph of the Faithful
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Residence| Medina
Damascus
Baghdad
Cairo
Istanbul|
Term length| Life tenure|
inaugural address holder| Abu Bakr|
Formation| 8 June 632|
Final holder| Abdülmecid II|
Abolished| 3 March 1924|
Succession| Electoral during Rashidun Caliphate, later hereditary
(Succession to Muhammad)|

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The Caliph (Arabic: ?????? ?al?fah/khal?fah) is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the pattern of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shariah. The give voice derives from the Arabic  ????? Khal?fah (help·info), which means successor or representative. side by side(p) Muhammads death in 632, the early leaders of the Muslim nation were called Khalifat Rasul Allah, the political successors to the messenger of God (referring to Muhammad). Some academics prefer to transliterate the term as Khal?fah.



A Calipha is either a feminine caliph or the wife or widow of a caliph. There was one known instance in taradiddle that a calipha ruled a Caliphate: Sitt al-Mulk was regent of the Fatimid Caliphate from 1221 to 1223. Some caliphas, such as Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah and Al-Khayzuran bint Atta, wielded great influence in the courts of their husbands.
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