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A caliphate (Arabic: خِلافة khilāfa) is an area containing an Islamic steward known as a caliph (Arabic: خَليفة khalīfah pronunciation )—a person considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad (Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullāh), and a leader of the entire Muslim community. The Rashidun caliphs, who directly succeeded Muhammad as leaders of the Muslim community, were chosen through shura, a process of community consultation that some consider loosely to be an early form of Islamic democracy. During the history of Islam after the Rashidun period, many Muslim states, almost all of them hereditary monarchies, have claimed to be caliphates. Even though Caliphates were thought to go back to Muhammad, they were not thought of as having the same prophetic power as he did.
The Sunni branch of Islam stipulates that, as a head of state, a Caliph should be elected by Muslims or their representatives. Followers of Shia Islam, however, believe a Caliph should be an Imam chosen by God from the Ahl al-Bayt (the "Family of the House", Muhammad's direct descendants).
Abū Bakr ‘Abdallāh bin Abī Quḥāfah aṣ-Ṣiddīq (Arabic: أبو بكر عبد الله بن أبي قحافة الصديق; c. 573 CE – 23 August 634 CE) popularly known as Abu Bakr (أبو بكر), was a senior companion (Sahabi) and—through his daughter Aisha—the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Abu Bakr became the first openly declared Muslim outside Muhammad's family. Abu Bakr served as a trusted advisor to Muhammad. During Muhammad's lifetime, he was involved in several campaigns and treaties.
He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632 to 634 CE, when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death. As caliph, Abu Bakr succeeded to the political and administrative functions previously exercised by Muhammad. He was commonly known as The Truthful (Arabic: الصديق, translit. As-Saddīq). Abu Bakr's reign lasted for 27 months, ending with his death after an illness.
Abu Bakr's full name was Abd Allah ibn 'Uthman ibn Aamir ibn Amr ibn Ka'ab ibn Sa'ad ibn Taym (from whom the at-Taymi al-Quraishi) ibn Murrah ibn Ka'ab ibn Lu'ai ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr al-Quraishi.
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Uthman ibn Affan (Arabic: عثمان بن عفان, translit. ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān; also known in English by the Turkish and Persian rendering Osman; 576 – 17 June 656) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the third of the Sunni Rashidun or "Rightly Guided Caliphs". Born into a prominent Meccan clan of the Quraysh tribe, he played a major role in early Islamic history, succeeding Umar ibn al-Khattab as caliph at age 65. He was also the prophet's son-in-law twice, being married to two of the prophet’s daughters Ruqayyah and Umm Kulthum (he was married to the second daughter after the first passed away).
Under the leadership of Uthman, the empire expanded into Fars in 650 (present-day Iran), some areas of Khorasan (present-day Afghanistan) in 651 and the conquest of Armenia was begun in the 640s.
Uthman was born in Ta’if. He was born into the wealthy Umayyad (Banu Umayya) clan of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca, seven years after Muhammad. Uthman's father, Affan, died young while travelling abroad but left a large inheritance to Uthman. Uthman followed the same profession as his father, and his business flourished, making him one of the richest men among the Qurayshi tribe. His mother was Awra who was the daughter of Um Hakim bint Abdul Mutalib, who was the twin sister of Abdullah, father of Muhammad, and therefore his first cousin. She also died before AD 610.
Muḥammad (Arabic: محمد; c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE), is the central figure of Islam and widely regarded as its founder. He is known to Muslims as the "Holy Prophet", almost all of whom consider him to be the last prophet sent by God to mankind to restore Islam, which they believe to be the unaltered original monotheistic faith of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. He united Arabia into a single Muslim polity and ensured that his teachings, practices, and the Quran, which Muslims believe was revealed to him by God, formed the basis of Islamic religious belief.
Born approximately in 570 CE in the Arabian city of Mecca, Muhammad was orphaned at an early age; he was raised under the care of his paternal uncle Abu Talib. After his childhood Muhammad primarily worked as a merchant. Occasionally, he would retreat to a cave named Hira in the mountains for several nights of seclusion and prayer; later, at age 40, he reported being visited by Gabriel in the cave and received his first revelation from God. Three years after this event Muhammad started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that "God is One", that complete "surrender" (lit. islām) to him is the only way (dīn) acceptable to God, and that he was a prophet and messenger of God, similar to the other prophets in Islam.
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Actors: Chris Charming (actor), Kathleen Stratton (editor), Zenza Raggi (actor), Bruno SX (actor), Joe D'Amato (director), Gianfranco Romagnoli (producer), Judith Kostner (actress), Csilla Kalnay (actress), Katalyn Hoffner (actress), Ildiko (actress), Johnny Montana (actor), Maria Papp (actress), Charlie White (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Rainer (writer),
Genres: Adult,Actors: Don Messick (actor), Charles Adler (actor), Charles Adler (actor), Brian Cummings (actor), Brian Cummings (actor), Eddie Deezen (actor), Paul Eiding (actor), Nick Jameson (actor), Tony Jay (actor), Casey Kasem (actor), John Kassir (actor), Maurice LaMarche (actor), Allan Melvin (actor), Allan Melvin (actor), Don Messick (actor),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery,Actors: Timothy Dalton (actor), Roy Kinnear (actor), Peter Jeffrey (actor), William Hobbs (actor), Oliver Cotton (actor), Robert Hoyland (actor), Isla Blair (actress), Rex Tucker (writer), Gordon Gostelow (actor), Cleo Laine (actress), Charles Knode (costume designer), Neil Fitzpatrick (actor), Gavin Richards (actor), Roger Kemp (actor), Kenneth MacKintosh (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Ray Harryhausen (producer), Enzo Musumeci Greco (miscellaneous crew), Henri Jaffa (miscellaneous crew), Danny Green (actor), Jerome Thoms (editor), Harold Kasket (actor), Edwin H. Bryant (editor), Bernard Herrmann (composer), Virgilio Teixeira (actor), Torin Thatcher (actor), Ray Harryhausen (writer), Kathryn Grant (actress), Nathan Juran (director), Charles H. Schneer (producer), Kerwin Mathews (actor),
Plot: While sailing with Princess Parisa to Baghdad to their wedding, Sinbad finds the Colossa Island and anchors his vessel to get supplies for the starving crew. Sinbad and his men help the magician Sokurah to escape from a Cyclops that attacks them, and Sokurah uses a magic lamp with a boy jinni to help them; however, their boat sinks and he loses the lamp. Sokurah offers a small fortune to Sinbad to return to Colossa, but he does not accept and heads to Baghdad. The citizens and the Caliph of Baghdad are celebrating the peace with Chandra, and they offer a feast to the Sultan of Chandra. Sakurah requests a ship and crew to return to Colossa but the Caliph refuses to jeopardize his countrymen. However, the treacherous magician shrinks the princess and when the desperate Sinbad seeks him out, he tells that he needs to return to Colossa to get the ingredient necessary for the magic potion. But Sinbad has only his friend Harufa to travel with him, and he decides to enlist a doubtful crew in the prison of Baghdad, in the beginning of his dangerous voyage to Colossa to save the princess and avoid the eminent war between Chandra and Baghdad.
Keywords: animal-attack, arabian, baghdad-mesopotamia, beach, bridge, cage, caliph, captive, cave, cavernActors: Marlin Skiles (composer), Benny Bartlett (actor), Robert Bice (actor), Eric Blore (actor), John C. Fuller (editor), Bernard Gorcey (actor), David Gorcey (actor), Leo Gorcey (actor), Huntz Hall (actor), Edward Bernds (director), Paul Marion (actor), Michael Ross (actor), Rick Vallin (actor), Dick Wessel (actor), Joan Shawlee (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Mickey Simpson (actor), Dayton Lummis (actor), Merrill McCormick (actor), Edgar Barrier (actor), James Dime (actor), George Macready (actor), Richard Carlson (actor), Roy Engel (actor), Gene Evans (actor), Steven Geray (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Ramsay Hill (actor), Charles Horvath (actor), Rock Hudson (actor), Dennis Weaver (actor),
Plot: Harum (Rock Hudson) is a fearless man of the people who comes to Bagdad to avenge the murder of his father and meets Krairuzan (Piper Laurie), a princess disguised as a commoner, working against a plot by a band of evil schemers trying to do away with her father, the Caliph. She gives Harum a golden sword which, in his hands, makes him invincible. Harum uses the sword in the name of justice and is doing quite well until a duplicate sword is placed in his scabbard during one of his off-guard moments, and he winds up in chains.
Keywords: baghdad-mesopotamia, brawl, dance-number, desert, disguise, harem, kiss, prison, revenge, swashbucklerActors: Gerald Mohr (actor), Francis McDonald (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), David Bond (actor), Jeff Chandler (actor), Robert Barrat (actor), Tony Curtis (actor), Leon Belasco (actor), Roy Gordon (actor), Harry Guardino (actor), Reed Hadley (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), Victor Jory (actor), Henry Corden (actor), Hugh O'Brian (actor),
Plot: In medieval Persia, Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a roisterer by night. The morning after a rowdy banquet, Kiki, an escaped slave, takes shelter under Kashma's roof. Word comes that the wicked Caliph is looking for her; but Kashma, by this time in love, flees with her to his father's palace. Alas, there's more to Kiki than meets the eye. Will the evil schemers succeed? The sons of the Forty Thieves to the rescue!
Keywords: arabian, character-name-in-titleActors: Joe Ansen (writer), Sebastian Cabot (actor), Carmen Sevilla (actress), Harry Lee Danziger (producer), Edward J. Danziger (producer), Paulette Goddard (actress), Luis Induni (actor), Christopher Lee (actor), John Boles (actor), Julia Lajos (actress), Rafael Durán (actor), José Calvo (actor), Antonio Riquelme (actor), Jesús García Leoz (composer), Felix E. Feist (writer),
Plot: Hassan, the Kadi of Bagdad, has a harem housing twelve beauties, but concentrates his attention on Zohara. A newcomer, Kyra, introduces rebellion into the by the unheard of act of complaining to the Caliph about the lot of the women in the harem. Hassan suffers a greater shock when his God-son, Ezar, asserts that women are the equal of men. They make a wager under which Ezar must settle down with a conventional harem unless Zohara can outwit Hassan within ten days.
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Plot: Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
Keywords: 1001-nights, arabia, arabian-nights, arrest, assassination-attempt, baghdad-mesopotamia, based-on-play, beggar, caliph, caravanActors: Edward O'Neill (actor), Harald Madsen (actor), W.P. Kellino (director), Carl Schenstrøm (actor), Val Valentine (writer), Scott Sidney (writer), Philip Hewland (actor), Gladys Hamer (actress), Frank Perfitt (actor), Gerald Rawlinson (actor), Emile de Ruelle (editor), Janice Adair (actress), P.J. de Venloo (producer), W.A. Darlington (writer), Blanche Metcalfe (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Comedy, Fantasy,For almost 13 centuries, from the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 to the overthrow of the last Ottoman caliph in 1924, the Islamic world was ruled by a caliph. Translated from the Arabic ‘Khalifa’, the word ‘caliph’ means successor or deputy. The caliph was considered the successor to the Prophet Muhammad. It is a term that has, at times, been abused. In June 2014, a militant group calling itself the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (known as ISIL or ISIS) declared the establishment of a caliphate and proclaimed its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a caliph. This proclamation was rejected by the overwhelming majority of the world’s Muslims. ISIL had attempted to appropriate a title imbued with religious and political significance – and in doing so had cast a dark shadow over a ri...
For almost 13 centuries, from the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 to the overthrow of the last Ottoman caliph in 1924, the Islamic world was ruled by a caliph. Translated from the Arabic ‘Khalifa’, the word ‘caliph’ means successor or deputy. The caliph was considered the successor to the Prophet Muhammad. It is a term that has, at times, been abused. In June 2014, a militant group calling itself the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (known as ISIL or ISIS) declared the establishment of a caliphate and proclaimed its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a caliph. This proclamation was rejected by the overwhelming majority of the world’s Muslims. ISIL had attempted to appropriate a title imbued with religious and political significance – and in doing so had cast a dark shadow over ...
Al Jazeera tells the story of the 1,300-year-long struggle for the caliphate and looks at how different dynasties rose and fell - ending with the decline of the Ottoman caliphate. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEngl Director: Husein Alrazzaz Director of photography: Fadi Benniish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
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Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, May Allah be his Helper, is the current Caliph of Islam and the only worldwide leader of largest Muslim Community at this time. To find out more about him more please visit www.KhalifaOfIslam.com http://www.alislam.org
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In the Bible the prophet Daniel gives many detailed prophecies about a conquering king who will oppress the holy people. Daniel tells us this king will defeat three other kings, invade Israel, and also change the times and laws. Many prophecy experts believe this king is in the future. But when you understand much Bible prophecy is a warning about the false doctrine of Islam, it is easier to understand many prophecies. Umar was the Islamic king Daniel saw in his vision. Umar was the second Islamic caliph ruling after Mohammad’s death. Daniel gives a total of 31 detailed prophecies about this evil king. Umar fulfilled all 31 prophecies. No one else in history has done this.
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As he wrote for Yeni Safak, the pro-Erdogan main newspaper under the control of Erdogan in Istanbul. In his article regarding the new presidential system which Erdogan wants to establish, Karaman desperately defended Erdogan and declared what we were saying all along they will do; that Erdogan will soon become the Caliph for all Muslims. The following is a presentation of the exciting part in an article Hayrettin Karaman wrote: “During the debate on the presidential system, here is what everyone must do so while taking into account the direction of the world’s national interest and the future of the country and not focus on the party or a particular person. What this [presidential system] looks like is the Islamic caliphate system in terms of its mechanism. In this system the people c...
Why sunni don't accept Imam Ali (a) as the first Caliph when it is mentioned in their own books like Al-Bukhari etc #1. For the complete video clickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSd2nGnKUa8 For further research - click http://www.al-islam.org/peshawar-nights-sultan-al-waadhim-sayyid-muhammad-al-musawi-ash-shirazi http://www.al-islam.org/inquiries-abo... http://www.al-islam.org/god-and-his-a... http://www.al-islam.org/our-philosoph... http://www.al-islam.org/it/printpdf/b... http://www.al-islam.org/tradition-of-... http://www.al-islam.org/tradition-myr...
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While being a U.S. immigrant brings many challenges, Caliph has learned to funnel his life story directly into his music. As his honesty often creates for a thoughtful depiction of social issues, “Life of the Party” shines positivity and optimism on a taxing journey. Future Classic Recommends is a new way of us sharing music from our favourite up and coming artists and producers around the world. Get in touch via demos@futureclassic.com.au if you'd like to be featured. Follow Caliph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akacaliph/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caliphgk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaliphGK SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/caliph_gk Follow Future Classic Facebook: https://facebook.com/futureclassic Instagram: https://instagram.com/wearefutureclassic Youtube: http...
Your morning smile of torture
Holds me in its grip
You trace the taste of yesterday
The bruise upon my lip
You touch my eyes and hypnotize
And slip inside my heart
I wait for this forever
But we always fall apart
You want to hold me closer
And secretly entice
You take the size of shadowed men
And punish me with kisses every night
This espionage is sweeter now
Now that we're alone
But I meet your eyes and then despise
All we call our own
I write my name in lipstick
On the mirror as I leave
To stay would be too dangerous
To break the make-believe
You want to hold me closer
And secretly entice
You take the size of shadowed men