khalifate
/ˈkælɪfeɪt/
noun
- The office, rank, or reign of a caliph (a Muslim ruler).
- The khalifate was both a religious and a political authority.
- The khalifate of Umar ibn al-Khattab expanded the Islamic empire greatly.
- Historians study the political structure of the early khalifate.
- The territory or domain ruled by a caliph.
- The khalifate was divided into provinces governed by appointed officials.
- Trade routes flourished across the vast khalifate.
- The Abbasid khalifate stretched from North Africa to Central Asia.
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