HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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name of the building caliphs worked in
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name for an Islamic kingdom/empire
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name for a group of Arab city-states
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name of a sacred Muslim text
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Detailed explanation-1: -Historically, the caliphates were polities based on Islam which developed into multi-ethnic trans-national empires. During the medieval period, three major caliphates succeeded each other: the Rashidun Caliphate (632–661), the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750), and the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258).
Detailed explanation-2: -The definition of caliphate is “government under a caliph.” A caliph is a spiritual leader of Islam who claims succession from Muhammad. The word stems from the Arabic khalifa meaning “successor.”
Detailed explanation-3: -The first caliphate, the Rashidun Caliphate, was ruled by the four Rashidun caliphs (Arabic: , lit. ‘Rightly Guided Caliphs’), Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali, who are considered by Sunni Muslims to have been the most virtuous and pure caliphs.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rashidun, (Arabic: “Rightly Guided, ‘’ or “Perfect”), the first four caliphs of the Islamic community, known in Muslim history as the orthodox or patriarchal caliphs: Abū Bakr (reigned 632–634), ʿUmar (reigned 634–644), ʿUthmān (reigned 644–656), and ʿAlī (reigned 656–661).