caliph
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Abdulmejid thus became, uniquely, the caliph of the Turkish Republic and the only caliph not to be sultan—until he, too, was dispossessed and exiled in 1924.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
It started out as a rebranded faction of Al Qaeda, under the leadership of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, an Iraqi militant cleric and insurgent leader turned self-styled caliph.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025
It is named after Omar, Islam's second caliph.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023
Over the weekend, Serigne Mountakha Mbacke, caliph of the Mouride brotherhood, Senegal’s most influential religious order, called on people in the city of Touba, the brotherhood’s headquarters, to stop demonstrating and return home.
From Washington Times • Jun. 5, 2023
In his prayer he named the caliph and the sultan, and terminated his discourse with that chapter of the Koran in which God orders justice and good works.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
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