Word: caliphate
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...rather do; but, except with a few exceedingly superior persons, this ambition has been but lamely realized. It is much too difficult to acquire such philosophic poise when these same professors wield a power over one's destiny comparable to the of the notable Kublai Khan, or the former Caliph of Bagbad...
Said Mr. Levermore: "It might be the tale of the 1002nd night in which Mr. Bok is playing two parts, that of observant caliph and that of benevolent magician...
...Caliph Abdul Medjid, as a private citizen, lowered the Crescent to half-mast on the state yacht and palaces. Flags of the Allied warships on the Bosphorus and in the Dardanelles, all flew their flags at half-mast...
Islam is very active. A movement is on foot to reestablish the Caliphate at Bagdad. A Pan-Islamic conference to determine the character of the Caliphate (in which King Feisul of Iraq, King Hussein of the Hedjaz and delegates from India, Algeria and Egypt will take part) is to be held at Damar (Arabia) in the near future. The ex-Sultan considers himself both Sultan and Caliph and has a large following in the Islamic world, particularly with regard to his claim to the Caliphate. According to Mohammedan law it is impossible for two Caliphs to exist at the same...
Mosque and State. The Angora Assembly has decreed the separation of mosque and state, and so the Caliph, successor to Mohammed and Haroun al Raschid, will no longer have any temporal power, such as his predecessors had. It was feared that the Moslems in India would object to this sudden move, but a congress of Moslem religious teachers in Calcutta has wired approval to Mustapha Kemal Pasha, calling him the " Renovator of the Caliphate," and accepting the new status of the Caliph. The present Caliph's " holy beard" has just reached the length required for sultans, and was blessed...