The Caliph

For almost 13 centuries, from the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 to the overthrow of the last Ottoman caliph in 1924, the Islamic world was ruled by a caliph. Translated from the Arabic ‘Khalifa’, the word ‘caliph’ means successor or deputy. The caliph was considered the successor to the Prophet Muhammad. It is a term that has, at times, been abused. In June 2014, a militant group calling itself the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (known as ISIL or ISIS) declared the establishment of a caliphate and proclaimed its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a caliph. This proclamation was rejected by the overwhelming majority of the world’s Muslims. ISIL had attempted to appropriate a title imbued with religious and political significance – and in doing so had cast a dark shadow over a rich history. This is the story of the caliph, a title that originated 1,400 years ago and that spanned one of the greatest empires the world has ever known.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 314698
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired July 16, 2016
  • Recent August 4, 2016
  • Airs Friday,
  • Network Al Jazeera
  • Average Runtime 50 minutes
  • Genres Documentary
  • Original Country Qatar
  • Original Language English
  • Episode Screenshot Format 16:9 Screencap
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  • Created July 23, 2016 by
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  • Modified May 13, 2023 by
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