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A caliphate or khalifate (Arabic: خلافة, romanized: khilāfa [xiˈlaːfa]) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; خليفة khalīfa [xaˈliːfa], ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entire Muslim world (ummah)....

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