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Caliph

noun

(Written also calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif)

The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth. Synonyms: calif, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah.

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"Caliph" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mohammedans cannot and do not deny that women have souls, but their brutal treatment of women has naturally led to this view. The Caliph Omar said that "women are worthless creatures and soil men's reputations." In Sura iv. ...

— The Women of the Arabs • Henry Harris Jessup

... echoed. "I should not recognise my own father at this moment. I feel like Abou Hassan in the palace of the Caliph." ...

— In the Days of My Youth • Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards

... Champtoce he lived with all the splendour of an eastern caliph. He kept up a troop of two hundred horsemen to accompany him wherever he went; and his excursions for the purposes of hawking and hunting were the wonder of all the country around, so magnificent were the caparisons of his steeds and ...

— Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds • Charles Mackay

Words linked to "Caliph" : Muslim, khalif, khalifah, ruler, kaliph, swayer, Ali, kalif, Moslem