caliph

monarchical title based on claim to be a successor of Muhammad
Intangible position Q65997
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caliph

Summary

caliph is a position[1]. caliph ranks in the top 4% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,087 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • caliph's instance of is recorded as position[3].
  • caliph's instance of is recorded as hereditary title[4].
  • caliph's instance of is recorded as title of authority[5].
  • caliph is a type of head of state[6].
  • caliph is a type of monarch[7].
  • caliph is a type of religious leader[8].
  • caliph's Commons category is recorded as Caliphs[9].
  • 632 marks the founding of caliph[10].
  • caliph was dissolved in 1924[11].
  • caliph's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Caliphs[12].
  • caliph's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13].
  • caliph's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • caliph's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • caliph's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • caliph's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • caliph's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'خَلِيفَة'}[18].
  • caliph's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ota', 'text': 'خلیفه'}[19].
  • caliph's has list is recorded as caliph of Islam[20].
  • caliph's organization directed by the office or position is recorded as caliphate[21].
  • caliph's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ary', 'text': 'خليفة د لمسلمين'}[22].
  • caliph's exact match is recorded as https://finto.fi/koko/en/page/p75488[23].
  • caliph's exact match is recorded as https://finto.fi/yso/en/page/p29154[24].
  • caliph's exact match is recorded as https://finto.fi/kauno/en/page/p6443[25].
  • caliph's exact match is recorded as https://finto.fi/ysa/en/page/Y208730[26].
  • caliph's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ary', 'text': 'خليفة د لمسلمين'}[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include position[3], hereditary title[4], and title of authority[5]. Recorded subclass of include head of state[6], monarch[7], and religious leader[8].

Origins

632 marks the founding of caliph[10].

Why It Matters

caliph ranks in the top 4% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,087 views/month).[2] caliph has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] caliph is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list caliph of Islam
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date +1924-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inception +0632-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Organization directed by the office or position caliphate
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29154, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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