caliph

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In December 1931, they colluded with the Turks to prevent Abdulmejid from attending a global summit of Muslim leaders in Jerusalem, where his foreign supporters had planned to acclaim him caliph.

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

The caliph called him up, in order to inquire what was his employment in the palace, and the sum which it yielded him.

From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia