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a successor playing king, prophet, and pope, all while everyone argues who deserves the chair
title meaningArabic for successor or deputy of Muhammad
baghdad libraryAbbasid caliphs funded the era's greatest knowledge boom
abolished 1924Turkey's republic erased the office overnight
succession fightThe debate over who counts split Islam permanently
caliph of crimeWord later mocked any pompous self-made ruler