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The guy who claims to be Muhammad's successor without the burden of actually being him.
means A Muslim ruler claiming political and religious authority as the successor to the Prophet Muhammad.
from From Arabic 'khalifa' meaning 'successor' or 'deputy,' rooted in the verb 'khalafa,' to follow after or come behind. It entered English via French and Latin intermediaries, with spellings like 'caliph' and 'calif' both reflecting attempts to wrestle that guttural Arabic 'kh' sound into the Latin alphabet.
- origin
- Arabic khalifa means successor or deputy
- first user
- Abu Bakr, after Muhammad died in 632
- job scope
- ruled as both political and religious leader
- office ended
- abolished by Turkey in 1924