All Topics  
Islamic caliphate

 

   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link

 

Islamic caliphate



 
  The Islamic Caliphate may refer to the following Caliphate
Caliphate

The caliphate represented the political leadership of the Muslim ummah in classical and medieval Islamic history and juristic theory. The head of state's position is based on the notion of a successor to the Prophets of Islam Muhammad's political authority....
s:

  • The Rashidun Caliphate
    Rashidun Empire

    The Rashidun Caliphate , also referred to as the Islamic Empire or Rashidun Empire, was the first of the four Arab caliphates. It was controlled by the first four successors of Muhammad, known as the "Rightly Guided" caliphs....
  • The Umayyad Caliphate
    • The Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba
      Caliphate of Córdoba

      The Caliphate of C?rdoba ruled the Iberian peninsula and North Africa from the city of C?rdoba, Spain, from 929 to 1031. This period was characterized by remarkable success in trade and culture; many of the masterpieces of Islamic Iberia were constructed in this period, including the famous Mezquita....
  • The Abbasid
    Abbasid

    The Abbasid Caliphate was the third of the Islamic Caliphates of the Islamic Empire. The Caliphate is one of the high points of Islam, and at the time Muslim civilization, together with that of Byzantium, China and India, was the most developed part of the world....
     Caliphate
  • The Fatimid
    Fatimid

    The Fatimid Caliphate or al-Fatimiyyun was an Arab Shi'a dynasty that ruled over varying areas of the Maghreb, Egypt, Sicily, Malta and the Levant from 5 January 909 to 1171....
     Caliphate


See also

  • Caliph
    Caliph

    The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah....
  • Arab Empire
    Arab Empire

    Islamic Empire may refer to*the Caliphates of the early Middle Ages:**Rashidun Caliphate **Umayyad Caliphate - Successor of the Rashidun Caliphate...