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glossary of islamic terms.pdf - YasSarNal QuR'aN

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Cabal ٟوَُا ؤرإُٔا - حوٓاإُٔا<br />

Cadi ٠ٙبوُا<br />

Caeser وٖ٤وُا<br />

Cain َ٤ثبه<br />

Caliph khalifah حــــ<br />

ق٤ِقُا<br />

C<br />

The title <strong>of</strong> khalifah or 'Caliph' (literally, 'he who follows'or<br />

'successor') was first assumed by the four immediate successors<br />

to the Prophet Muhammad as temporal leaders <strong>of</strong> the emerging<br />

Muslim community (known as the Orthodox caliphs). The<br />

rulers <strong>of</strong> subsequent early Islamic dynasties were also<br />

considered caliphs, with the „Abbasid caliphate in Iraq lasting<br />

until 1258/658 H. At the same time, the Fatimid dynasty in<br />

Egypt made rival claims to the caliphate from 909 to 1171<br />

(296-567 H), while in Spain at Cordoba the Umayyad dynasty<br />

also claimed the caliphate from 775 to 1236 (159-633 H). After<br />

1258, the caliphs excercised increasingly diminished authority,<br />

and political power passed to the secular heads <strong>of</strong> state. See the<br />

article "Khalifa" by D. Sourdel and others in EI (2nd ed.), vol.<br />

4, pp. 937-953.<br />

Caliphate حـــــــــ<br />

فلاقُا<br />

The rule or institution <strong>of</strong> the caliph.<br />

Calumniate ةبزـ٣<br />

Calumniator ةبزـُٔا<br />

Calumny ْ٤ُٔ٘ا - ِٖزٜجُا - خج٤ـُا<br />

Campaign خ٤ثوؽ خِٔؽ<br />

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