RELIGIONS
ISLAM
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successor
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caliph
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sultan
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emperor
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Detailed explanation-1: -After Muhammad’s death in 632 CE, his friend Abu Bakr was named caliph and ruler of the Islamic community, or Ummah.
Detailed explanation-2: -On Muhammad’s death (June 8, 632), the Muslims of Medina resolved the crisis of succession by accepting Abū Bakr as the first khalīfat rasūl Allāh (“deputy [or successor] of the Prophet of God, ‘’ or caliph).
Detailed explanation-3: -The first four leaders of the community who followed Muhammad in the 7th century are considered the purest expression of the caliphate-Abu Bakr, Omar, Othman and Ali.
Detailed explanation-4: -Imam. Imam is an Arabic word meaning “Leader".
Detailed explanation-5: -After the death of Muhammad, Arab leaders were called caliphs. Caliphs built and established Baghdad as the hub of the Abbasid Caliphate. Baghdad was centrally located between Europe and Asia and was an important area for trade and exchanges of ideas.