caliphate

Summary

caliphate is a form of government^[1]. caliphate ranks in the top 3% of form_of_government entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,587 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• caliphate's instance of is recorded as form of government^[3].
• caliphate's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity type^[4].
• caliphate is a type of Islamic state^[5].
• caliphate is a type of realm^[6].
• caliphate's Commons category is recorded as Caliphates^[7].
• caliphate comprises Umayyad Caliphate^[8].
• caliphate comprises Abbasid Caliphate^[9].
• caliphate comprises Rashidun Caliphate^[10].
• caliphate comprises Ottoman caliphate^[11].
• caliphate comprises Arab Caliphate^[12].
• caliphate's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Caliphates^[13].
• caliphate's office held by head of government is recorded as caliph^[14].
• caliphate's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory^[15].
• caliphate's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[16].
• caliphate's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• caliphate's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[18].
• caliphate's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• caliphate's topic has template is recorded as Template:Caliphate^[20].
• caliphate's topic has template is recorded as Template:Caliphs^[21].
• caliphate's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://islam.stackexchange.com/tags/khilafah^[22].
• caliphate's has list is recorded as list of Muslim states and dynasties^[23].
• caliphate's position held by head of the organization is recorded as caliph^[24].
• caliphate's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include form of government^[3] and administrative territorial entity type^[4]. Recorded subclass of include Islamic state^[5] and realm^[6].

Use and Application

Components include Umayyad Caliphate^[8], a transcontinental country^[26], founded in 0661^[27]; Abbasid Caliphate^[9], founded in 0750^[28]; Rashidun Caliphate^[10], an Islamic state^[29], founded in 0632^[30]; Ottoman caliphate^[11], in Ottoman Empire^[31], founded in 1517^[32]; and Arab Caliphate^[12], founded in 0632^[33].

Why It Matters

caliphate ranks in the top 3% of form_of_government entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,587 views/month).^[2] caliphate has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] caliphate is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]