Commander of the Faithful

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Islamic honorific title political title religious title sovereign title

Commander of the Faithful is an Islamic honorific title historically borne by caliphs as the supreme political and religious leaders of the Muslim community.

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Label Occurrences
Commander of the Faithful canonical 4

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic honorific title ⓘ
political title ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
sovereign title ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Almohad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fatimid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rashidun Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithOffice caliphate ⓘ
componentMeaning Amir means commander or leader NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mu'minin means believers or faithful NERFINISHED ⓘ
denotesRole leader of the ummah ⓘ
supreme political leader of the Muslim community ⓘ
supreme religious leader of the Muslim community ⓘ
firstWidelyUsedBy Umar ibn al-Khattab GENERATED ⓘ
hasComponentTerm Amir ⓘ
Mu'minin ⓘ
hasConnotation military leadership ⓘ
religious legitimacy ⓘ
spiritual authority ⓘ
temporal authority ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDomain Islamic governance ⓘ
Islamic political theory ⓘ
Islamic religious authority ⓘ
hasLanguageForm Amir al-Mu'minin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Amīr al-Muʾminīn NERFINISHED ⓘ
أمير المؤمنين ⓘ
historicalScope early Islamic period ⓘ
medieval Islamic period ⓘ
literalMeaning commander of the believers ⓘ
leader of the faithful ⓘ
relatedConcept caliph ⓘ
imam (Islamic leadership) ⓘ
ummah ⓘ
usedAsTitleFor Ali ibn Abi Talib NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harun al-Rashid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muawiya I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman sultans claiming the caliphate ⓘ
Umar ibn al-Khattab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uthman ibn Affan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy Islamic caliph NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muslim ruler ⓘ
caliph ⓘ
usedInReligion Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInSect Ibadi Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abbasid caliphs in Cairo → usedTitle → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
al-Mustansir → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
az-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
Mohammed VI of Morocco → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ