Caliphate

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an Islamic state or territory under the jurisdiction of a caliph, who is considered a direct successor to Muhammad, having absolute and total authority

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Classifications

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Caliphates
possessive: Caliphate's
pluralpossessive: Caliphates'

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