5 sentences with 'caliphs'

Example sentences and phrases with the word caliphs and other words derived from it.

« Thus it was under the leadership of caliphs who were not related to Muhammad's family line that the Arab conquests not only continued, but stabilised in the form of a true empire. »
« The Umayyads were capable administrators and skilful generals and most Muslims saw the Umayyad rulers as the legitimate caliphs. »
« The Abbasid caliphs were the leaders of the political and spiritual orders of their society, trying to ensure that everything from law to commerce to religious practice ran smoothly and fairly. »
« The caliphs themselves had become honoured prisoners of more powerful invading forces from 945 onwards, and the territories of the former caliphate were divided among numerous sultans, an Arabic word that simply means "ruler". »
« Many of these sultans sought recognition from the captive caliphs as a form of spiritual and political currency, but the end result is that the caliphs themselves exercised no political authority of their own. »

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