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Caliphate

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Acaliphate(Arabic:خِلافةkhilāfa) is a form oIslamicgovrenmentled bi acaliph(Arabic:خَليفةkhalīfahAboot this soondpronunciation)—a person considered a poleetical an releegious successor tae theprophetMuhammadan a leader o the entireMuslim commonty.[1]

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  1. Kadi, Wadad; Shahin, Aram A. (2013). "Caliph, caliphate".The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought:81–86.