Definitions for "Caliph"
Successor or vicar; the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, used formerly by the sultans of Turkey.
in Arabic khalifâ - originally meant "successor", is used to designate the Prophet's successor as leader of the Moslem community, see Islamic History
Leader of the Islamic state
Keywords:  khalifah, see
See Khalifah
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For main article see: Caliphate