Caliph
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The Caliph is the supreme religious and political leader in Islam, regarded as the successor to the Prophet Muhammad in guiding the Muslim community.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate | 7 |
| Caliph canonical | 4 |
| Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate | 4 |
| Caliphs | 2 |
| Commander of the Faithful | 2 |
| Abbasid Caliph | 1 |
| Abbasid caliph | 1 |
| Caliph (Ottoman) | 1 |
| Caliph of Islam | 1 |
| Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate | 1 |
| Caliph of the Muslims | 1 |
| Islamic caliphs | 1 |
| Khalifah | 1 |
| Khalifah (vicegerent on earth) | 1 |
| Khilafat (Caliphate) | 1 |
| Khulafa | 1 |
| Rightly Guided Caliph | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T923015 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Caliph Context triple: [Ottoman dynasty, titleOfHead, Caliph]
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al-Musta'sim
Al-Musta'sim was the last Abbasid caliph in Baghdad, whose defeat and death during the Mongol sack of the city in 1258 marked the end of the classical Abbasid Caliphate.
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Sultan of the Seljuk Empire
The Sultan of the Seljuk Empire was the supreme ruler of a powerful medieval Turko-Persian dynasty that dominated much of the Islamic world and Anatolia before the rise of the Ottoman Empire.
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ud-Daulah
ud-Daulah is an honorific suffix of Persian origin historically used in South Asia to denote a high-ranking noble or state official, meaning "of the state" or "of the government."
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Harun al-Rashid
Harun al-Rashid was a prominent 8th–9th century Abbasid caliph whose reign is famed for its cultural flourishing, political power, and legendary portrayal in the tales of the One Thousand and One Nights.
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Ottoman sultan
The Ottoman sultan was the supreme ruler of the Ottoman Empire, holding both political and religious authority over its vast territories and vassal states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Caliph Target entity description: The Caliph is the supreme religious and political leader in Islam, regarded as the successor to the Prophet Muhammad in guiding the Muslim community.
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A.
al-Musta'sim
Al-Musta'sim was the last Abbasid caliph in Baghdad, whose defeat and death during the Mongol sack of the city in 1258 marked the end of the classical Abbasid Caliphate.
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B.
Sharif of Mecca
The Sharif of Mecca was the hereditary ruler and guardian of Islam’s holiest city, traditionally drawn from the Hashemite lineage claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad.
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C.
Sultan of the Seljuk Empire
The Sultan of the Seljuk Empire was the supreme ruler of a powerful medieval Turko-Persian dynasty that dominated much of the Islamic world and Anatolia before the rise of the Ottoman Empire.
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D.
ud-Daulah
ud-Daulah is an honorific suffix of Persian origin historically used in South Asia to denote a high-ranking noble or state official, meaning "of the state" or "of the government."
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E.
Harun al-Rashid
Harun al-Rashid was a prominent 8th–9th century Abbasid caliph whose reign is famed for its cultural flourishing, political power, and legendary portrayal in the tales of the One Thousand and One Nights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic political title
ⓘ
Islamic religious title ⓘ head of state ⓘ monarchic office ⓘ |
| abolishedIn | 1924 by the Republic of Turkey ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shia Islam
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| derivesFrom | Arabic word "khalīfa" ⓘ |
| describedAs | successor to the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| disputedBy | Shia Islam regarding rightful succession ⓘ |
| duty |
administering justice
ⓘ
defending the Muslim community ⓘ leading jihad under certain conditions ⓘ upholding Sharia ⓘ |
| firstHolder |
Caliph Abu Bakr
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Bakr
|
| genderRestriction | traditionally male office ⓘ |
| governs | Caliphate ⓘ |
| hasConceptualSuccessor | modern Islamist claims to caliphate ⓘ |
| hasVariantTitle |
Amir al-Mu’minin
ⓘ
surface form:
Amir al-Mu'minin
Imam ⓘ
surface form:
Commander of the Faithful
|
| historicalPeriod |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman Caliphate
Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | ummah ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| lastWidelyRecognizedHolder |
Abdülmecid II
ⓘ
surface form:
Abdulmejid II
|
| legalStatusInClassicalFiqh | obligatory institution for the Muslim community (according to many Sunni jurists) ⓘ |
| legitimizedBy |
bay'ah
ⓘ
consensus of the community (ijma) in Sunni theory ⓘ |
| meaning |
steward
ⓘ
successor ⓘ |
| notableDynastiesHoldingTitle |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
surface form:
Abbasids
Ottoman dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Ottomans
Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
surface form:
Rashidun
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
surface form:
Umayyads
|
| pluralForm |
Caliph
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Caliphs
Caliph self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Khulafa
|
| positionInPolitics | supreme political leader in Islam ⓘ |
| positionInReligion | supreme religious leader in Islam ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Imamate ⓘ |
| relatedOffice |
Imam
ⓘ
surface form:
Imam (in Shia doctrine)
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInCommunity | leader of the Muslim community ⓘ |
| seatOfPower |
Baghdad
ⓘ
surface form:
Baghdad (Abbasid period)
Damascus ⓘ
surface form:
Damascus (Umayyad period)
Istanbul ⓘ
surface form:
Istanbul (Ottoman period)
Medina ⓘ
surface form:
Medina (early Rashidun period)
|
| symbolOf |
continuity of prophetic authority
ⓘ
unity of the Muslim community ⓘ |
| transliteration | Khalifa ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Caliph Description of subject: The Caliph is the supreme religious and political leader in Islam, regarded as the successor to the Prophet Muhammad in guiding the Muslim community.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.