caliphate

A noun referring to the territorial jurisdiction or domain ruled by a caliph, or the office and authority of a caliph.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das das Herrschaftsgebiet eines Kalifen sowie dessen Amt, Würde und Herrschaftsgewalt bezeichnet.

1. Territorial jurisdiction of a caliph C1 formal

   The area or region under the rule and authority of a caliph.

   • The Umayyad Caliphate expanded across North Africa and Spain.
   • The Abbasid Caliphate was centered in Baghdad.
   • Historians study the administrative structure of the early Islamic caliphate.

   🇩🇪Kalifat

2. Office of a caliph C1 formal

   The position, rank, or office of being a caliph, the supreme religious and political leader in some Muslim states.

   • He was chosen to assume the caliphate after the previous leader's death.
   • The caliphate was a hereditary position in some dynasties.
   • The debate over the caliphate continues in modern political discussions.

   🇩🇪Kalifat

• caliphates plural form
• caliphates' possessive plural form
• caliphate's possessive singular form