Islamic Caliphates - World History Encyclopedia
Dec 3, 2019 · Caliphate (“Khilafat” in Arabic) was a semi-religious political system of governance in Islam, in which the territories of the Islamic empire in the Middle East and North Africa and the people within were ruled by a supreme leader called Caliph (“Khalifa” in …
Caliphate - Wikipedia
A caliphate or khilāfah (Arabic: خِلَافَةْ [xi'laːfah]) is a monarchical form of government (initially elective, later absolute) that originated in the 7th century Arabia, whose political identity is based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad and the identification of a monarch called caliph[1][2][3] (/ ˈkælɪf, ˈkeɪ -/; Arab...
Caliphate | History, Empire, Meaning, & Definition | Britannica
Caliphate, the state comprising the Muslim community in the centuries after the death of Muhammad. Ruled by a caliph (Arabic khalifah, ‘successor’), the Caliphate grew rapidly during its first two centuries.
Atlas of the Caliphate - Wikimedia Commons
Jun 4, 2013 · This map shows the expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman
Map of the Rashidun Caliphate - World History Encyclopedia
Dec 12, 2019 · A map showing the maximum extent of the empire of the Rashidun Caliphate in 654 CE under Caliph Uthman (r. 644-656 CE).
Islamic Conquests in the 7th-9th Centuries - World History …
Jun 8, 2021 · A map illustrating the rise and expansion of early Islamic caliphates from the Prophet Muhammad until the 9th century.
The Islamic Caliphate: The Early Muslim World - TimeMaps
Follow the history of the Islamic Caliphate from its rise to become a vast and sophisticated empire to its end at the hands of the Mongols.
Map of the Middle East in 750 CE: the Islamic Caliphate - TimeMaps
View a map of the Middle East in 750 CE, when the Islamic Caliphate was at its height.
Map: The Umayyad Caliphate (Free Download) - TheCollector
A map of the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750), showing Islamic rule's successive phases of expansion since the time of Muhammad.
11.2 The Arab-Islamic Conquests and the First Islamic States
This map shows the extent the new Islamic caliphate had achieved by the end of its first dynasty, the Umayyads. During the eighth century CE, the Umayyads ruled the world’s largest empire. (attribution: Copyright Rice University, OpenStax, under CC BY 4.0 license)