caliphate
noun
ca·liph·ate
ˈkā-lə-ˌfāt 
-fət,
ˈka-
: the office of a caliph or the land he rules over
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Madinat al-Zāhira was historically significant, built by the Umayyad caliphate of al-Andalus, a formidable Muslim empire that ruled the Iberian Peninsula.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
In a final humiliation for the Kurds, the former caliphate capital, the battle for which had claimed hundreds of Kurdish lives, fell almost without a fight as tribal forces defected to join the Syrian government.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2026
Large numbers had already fled the country, as well as neighboring Iraq, after the Islamic State militant group, or ISIS, declared a caliphate.
—Molly Hunter, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna as an Islamic revivalist movement seeking to establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate by peaceful means.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
In a final humiliation for the Kurds, the former caliphate capital, the battle for which had claimed hundreds of Kurdish lives, fell almost without a fight as tribal forces defected to join the Syrian government.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2026
Large numbers had already fled the country, as well as neighboring Iraq, after the Islamic State militant group, or ISIS, declared a caliphate.
—Molly Hunter, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna as an Islamic revivalist movement seeking to establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate by peaceful means.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Caliphate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caliphate. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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caliphate
noun
ca·liph·ate
ˈkā-lə-ˌfāt
-fət;
ˈkal-ə-
: the office or dominion of a caliph
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