the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community
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the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
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the office of a caliph
权威例句
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Did he refer to the Treaty of Sevres in 1920 that dismantled caliphates and sultanates?
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Today the Taliban controls, and has declared Islamic caliphates in North Waziristan and South Waziristan.
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Arguing that while aggressive Jihad was effective in the days of Mohammed and the Caliphates as the most effective way to convert the world to Islam, he opines that today this was no longer the case.