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  • Caliphate
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    CALIPHATE kal ifat , -fit, the rulership of Islam...749 1258) is sometimes called the caliphate of Baghdad. One Umayyad, Abd ar-Rahman...set up in 780. This later became the caliphate of Cordoba, or the Western caliphate...
     
  • Sokoto Caliphate
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    SOKOTO CALIPHATE see Usuman dan Fodio . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
     
  • Abbasid
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...uncle of Muhammad. The Abbasids held the caliphate from 749 to 1258, but they were recognized...reign there were rival caliphs (see caliphate ). In 836 the capital was transferred...the later Abbasids, the power of the caliphate became chiefly spiritual. Many independent...
     
  • Fatimid
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Fatimite imit, dynasty claiming to hold the caliphate on the basis of descent from Fatima , a daughter...name Ubaidallah (Obaidallah) and set up a caliphate in opposition to the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad. His execution of Al-Shii caused...
     
  • Egypt
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...into warring states. Under the Umayyad caliphate many of the people continued their adherence...the predominant language. The Abbasid caliphate (founded c.750) at first held Egypt...fell to the Fatimid claimants to the caliphate, who invaded from the west. The Fatimids...
     

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