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 |
|---|---|
| Tulayb ibn Umayr | Companion of Muhammad |
| Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik | Umayyad caliph |
| Umama bint Zayd | Companion of Muhammad |
| Muadh ibn Amr | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad | Abbasid caliph |
| Ahmad ibn Ja'far | Abbasid caliph |
|
Umm Khalid bint Abi Hashim al-Kalbi
surface form:
Yazid I
|
Umayyad caliph |
|
Amina bint Alqama al-Kinaniyya
surface form:
Marwan I
|
Umayyad caliph |
| al-Mu'tadid | Abbasid caliph |
| Al-Muqtadir | Abbasid caliph |
| Ali ibn Abi al-As | Companion of Muhammad |
| Asma bint al-Harith | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abu Ishaq Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid | Abbasid caliph |
| al-Mu'tamin | Abbasid caliph |
| Abu Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn al-Muʿtasim | Abbasid caliph |
|
Umm Harun
surface form:
al-Mahdi
|
Abbasid caliph |
|
Umm al-Hajjaj bint Yusuf
surface form:
Yazid III
|
Umayyad caliph |
| al-Muhtazz | Abbasid caliph |
|
al-Rashid
surface form:
Harun al-Rashid
|
Abbasid caliph |
| Abu Jaʿfar al-Muntasir bi-llah | Abbasid caliph |
|
Abu Turab
surface form:
Ali ibn Abi Talib
|
Rashidun caliph |
| ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad | — |
| Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid | Abbasid caliph |
| al-Mu'ayyad | Abbasid caliph |
|
Durra bint Abi Salama
surface form:
Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Asad
|
Companion of Muhammad |
| Al-Mansur | Abbasid caliph |
|
Caliph al-Mu'tamid
surface form:
Al-Mu'tamid
|
Abbasid caliph |