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 |
|---|---|
| al-Mutawakkil III | Abbasid caliph |
| Umm Kulthum bint Uqba | Companion of Muhammad |
| Umar II | Umayyad caliph |
|
A'isha bint Talha
surface form:
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik
|
Umayyad caliph |
| al-Walid II | Umayyad caliph |
| Sa'id ibn al-As | Companion of Muhammad |
| Hisham II | Caliph |
| al-Walid ibn Uqba | Companion of Muhammad |
| Marwan ibn al-Hakam | Umayyad caliph |
|
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh
surface form:
al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh
|
— |
| Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba | Companion of Muhammad |
| Jabir ibn Abd Allah | Companion of Muhammad |
| Talha ibn Ubayd Allah | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abu Rafi | Companion of Muhammad |
| Ubayy ibn Ka'b | Companion of Muhammad |
| Salman al-Farisi | Companion of Muhammad |
|
descended from Adi ibn Kaʿb ibn Luʾayy
surface form:
Umar ibn al-Khattab
|
Companion of Muhammad |
|
Asim ibn al-Zubayr
surface form:
Asma bint Abi Bakr
|
Companion of Muhammad |
| Saʿid ibn Zayd | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abdullah ibn Jahsh | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abu Bakr al-Siddiq | Companion of Muhammad |
| Umm al-Fadl | Companion of Muhammad |
| Nusaybah bint Ka‘b al-Ansariyyah | Companion of Muhammad |
|
Khath‘am
surface form:
Asma bint Umays
|
Companion of Muhammad |
| Zayd ibn Thabit | Companion of Muhammad |
| Fatimah bint al-Khattab | Companion of Muhammad |
| Muawiya II | Umayyad caliph |
| Muadh ibn Jabal | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | Companion of Muhammad |
|
Sa‘d ibn Mu‘adh
surface form:
Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
|
Companion of Muhammad |
| Suhayl ibn Amr | Companion of Muhammad |
| Sa'd ibn Ubadah | Companion of Muhammad |
| Hatib ibn Abi Baltaah | Companion of Muhammad |
| Hind bint Khuwaylid | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-As | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abu Ahmad ibn Jahsh | Companion of Muhammad |
| Hamna bint Jahsh | Companion of Muhammad |
| Habiba bint Jahsh | Companion of Muhammad |
| Umayma bint Jahsh | Companion of Muhammad |
| al-Nuʿman ibn Muqarrin | Companion of Muhammad |
| Jaʿfar al-Tayyar | Companion of Muhammad |
| al-Qādir bi-llāh | Abbasid caliph |
| Abu Lubaba ibn Abd al-Mundhir | Companion of Muhammad |
|
Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah
surface form:
Abd al-Rahman III
|
Caliph |
| Ali ibn Abi Talib | Companion of Muhammad |
|
Murjan
surface form:
Al-Hakam II
|
Caliph |
| Abd ar-Rahman V | Caliph |
| Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan | Umayyad caliph |
| Al-Walid I | Umayyad caliph |
| ʿAmr ibn Taghlib | Companion of Muhammad |