caliph
C5710
concept
A caliph is the political and religious leader regarded as the successor to the Prophet Muhammad and head of the Muslim community (ummah) in Islamic tradition.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Companion of Muhammad | 95 |
| Abbasid caliph | 38 |
| Caliph | 30 |
| Umayyad caliph | 26 |
| caliph canonical | 11 |
| Rashidun caliph | 4 |
| Caliph of Islam | 2 |
| Umayyad ruler | 2 |
| Caliph of Córdoba | 1 |
| Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate | 1 |
| self-proclaimed caliph | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: caliph
Generated description
A caliph is the political and religious leader regarded as the successor to the Prophet Muhammad and head of the Muslim community (ummah) in Islamic tradition.
Instances (177)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Ibrahim ibn al-Walid | Umayyad caliph |
| Ubayd Allah ibn Abbas | Companion of Muhammad |
| al-Fadl ibn Abbas | Companion of Muhammad |
| al-Wathiq | Abbasid caliph |
| al-Muntasir | Abbasid caliph |
| al-Muhtadi | Abbasid caliph |
| Hārūn ibn Muḥammad | Abbasid caliph |
|
al-Qasim
surface form:
Harun al-Rashid
|
Abbasid caliph |
| Salama ibn Abi Salama | Companion of Muhammad |
| Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan | Umayyad caliph |
| Abd al-Mu’min | — |
|
Marajil
surface form:
al-Ma'mun
|
Abbasid caliph |
|
Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib
surface form:
Ali ibn Abi Talib
|
Caliph |
|
al-Mutawakkil
surface form:
Al-Mutawakkil
|
Abbasid caliph |
| al-Amin | Abbasid caliph |
| Marwan al-Himar | Umayyad caliph |
| Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad | — |
| Qutham ibn Abbas | Companion of Muhammad |
| Salma bint Umays | Companion of Muhammad |
| al-Mu'tazz | Abbasid caliph |
|
Caliph Abu Bakr
surface form:
Abu Bakr
|
Caliph |
|
Caliph Uthman ibn Affan
surface form:
Uthman ibn Affan
|
Rashidun caliph |
| Aisha bint Abi Bakr | Companion of Muhammad |
| al-Hadi | Abbasid caliph |
| Hind bint Awf | Companion of Muhammad |
| al-Mustansir | Abbasid caliph |
| al-Mahdi | Abbasid caliph |
| Hafsa bint Umar | Companion of Muhammad |
| Zaynab bint Jahsh | Companion of Muhammad |
| al-Mustamsik | Abbasid caliph |
| Umm Habiba | Companion of Muhammad |
| Safiyya bint Huyayy | Companion of Muhammad |
| Yazid II | Umayyad caliph |
| Fatimah bint Asad | Companion of Muhammad |
| Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik | Umayyad caliph |
| Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik | Umayyad caliph |
| Umm Hani bint Abi Talib | Companion of Muhammad |
| Jumanah bint Abi Talib | Companion of Muhammad |
| Hind bint Abi Umayya | Companion of Muhammad |
| Umar ibn al-Khattab | Companion of Muhammad |
| Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad | Caliph |
| Muawiya I | Caliph |
| Mirza Tahir Ahmad | Caliph |
| Marwan II | — |
| al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib | Companion of Muhammad |
|
as-Saffah
surface form:
As-Saffah
|
— |
| Harun al-Rashid | Abbasid caliph |
| al-Ma'mun | Abbasid caliph |
| al-Mu'tasim | Abbasid caliph |
| al-Musta'sim | Abbasid caliph |