caliph
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Or one could argue the opposite: The presence of a unifying caliph might have, as it had for centuries, moderated the expansion of marginal extremist movements such as Wahhabism or, in our time, Islamic State.
The late Abbasid caliphs militarized their economy in an effort to wrest control from the dominant merchants.
He never asserted a hereditary claim to the grand title of caliph.
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The museum’s first exhibition since reopening in October after a major overhaul, “Baghdad: Eye’s Delight” charts the city’s heritage from the Abbasid caliphs from the seventh to twelfth centuries to today.
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“I imagine myself cooking for modern day caliphs,” he said, then named one.
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