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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Haroun-al-Raschid, Caliph of Baghdad
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• Caliphate
• Caliph
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Caliph
• Caliphate
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Caliph, or Khalif
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• Caliph

The title adopted by the successors of Mahomet, as supreme in both civil and religious matters. The principal caliphates are: the Caliphate of the East, established by Abubekr at Mecca, transferred to Bagdad by the Abassides (632-1258); the Caliphate of Cordova, established at Cordova by Abderrahman (756-1031); the Caliphate of Egypt, established by the Fatimites (909-1171). It was at Bagdad that Moslem civilisation achieved its final development.