1. The territorial jurisdiction of a caliph 
2. The office of a caliph

1. 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
   "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"

Derived forms: caliphates

Type of: berth, billet, epoch, era, jurisdiction, office, place, position, post, situation, spot

Encyclopedia: Caliphate

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