History of muslim rulers


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    List of caliphs

    Caliph
    خَليفة (khalīfah)
    StyleAmir al-Mu'minin
    ResidenceMajor caliphates
    • Medina, Saudi Arabia (632–656)
    • Kufa, Iraq (656–661, 750–762)
    • Damascus, Syria (661–744)
    • Mecca, Saudi Arabia (683–692)
    • Harran, Turkey (744–750)
    • Baghdad, Iraq (762–836, 892–1258)
    • Samarra, Iraq (836–892)
    • Cairo, Egypt (1261-1517)
    • Istanbul, Turkey (1517–1924)
    • Mecca, Saudi Arabia (1924-1925)

    Parallel regional caliphates

    AppointerElective (632–661)
    Hereditary (since 661)
    PrecursorProphet of Islam
    Formation8 June 632, Medina
    First holderAbu Bakr
    Final holderHussein bin Ali
    AbolishedDecember 1925, Mecca

    A caliph is the supreme religious and political leader of an Islamic state known as the caliphate.[1][2] Caliphs (also known as 'Khalifas') led the Muslim Ummah as political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad,[3] and widely-recognised caliphates have existed in various forms for most of Islamic hist