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The successors of Mohammed as rulers and religious leaders of the Islamic world, the most powerful being those of the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties.
Caliphs
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| Umayyad (dynasty of Arab caliphs) |
| Al Kufah (city, Iraq) |
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- Umayyad (dynasty of Arab caliphs)
- Al Kufah (city, Iraq)
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- Sunni (branch of Islam)
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- Abd al-Malik (Syrian caliph)
- Marwan II (Umayyad caliph)
- Mysteries of Jerusalem: Stairway to Paradise (1996 History Film)
- Shaykh
- Khorasan (former province, Iran)
- lusterware (in sculpture)
- Samarra (city, Iraq)
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