Aljazeera Documentary : The Caliph

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• Translated from the Arabic ‘Khalifa’, the word ‘caliph’ means successor or deputy.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  

Watch three-part documentary series


The Caliph - Part 1: Foundation - Featured Documentary

https://youtu.be/P3O9d7PsI48

The Caliph - Part 2: Division - Featured Documentary


https://youtu.be/SuplOE5JB4M



The Caliph - Part 3: Decline - Featured Documentary

https://youtu.be/GXXSo7WzZsk

http://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2016/the-caliph-islamic-history/index.html

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