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Abbasid Caliphate
third Islamic caliphate (750–1258)

caliphate
A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; , ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entire Muslim world (ummah). Historically, the caliphates were polities based on Islam which developed into multi-ethnic trans-national empires.
Umayyad Caliphate
second Islamic caliphate (661–750 CE)
Fatimid Caliphate
Shia Islamic caliphate (909–1171)
Rashidun Caliphate
first caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (632–661)
Almohad Caliphate
1121–1269 Berber empire in North Africa and Iberia
Ottoman caliphate
The fourth and last Islamic caliphate (1517–1924)
Bornu Empire
historical African empire that existed from 1380 to 1893
Mahdist Sudan
1880s state in Africa
Sharifian Caliphate
Arab caliphate proclaimed by the Sharifian rulers of Hejaz in 1924
Muhammad Rasool (SAW)
headship of the Ahmadiyya community
Abolition of the Caliphate
Abolition of the last remnant of the former monarchy in Turkey on 3 March 1924 by the Turkish Grand National Assembly
The obedience verse
verse of the Quran, exhorting believers to obey God, the Prophet, and those of authority