caliph
C5710
concept
A caliph is the political and religious leader regarded as the successor to the Prophet Muhammad and head of the Muslim community (ummah) in Islamic tradition.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Companion of Muhammad | 95 |
| Abbasid caliph | 38 |
| Caliph | 30 |
| Umayyad caliph | 26 |
| caliph canonical | 11 |
| Rashidun caliph | 4 |
| Caliph of Islam | 2 |
| Umayyad ruler | 2 |
| Caliph of Córdoba | 1 |
| Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate | 1 |
| self-proclaimed caliph | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: caliph
Generated description
A caliph is the political and religious leader regarded as the successor to the Prophet Muhammad and head of the Muslim community (ummah) in Islamic tradition.
Instances (177)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
|
Al-Walid II
linked to:
Caliph al-Walid II
|
Umayyad caliph |
| Sultan Abdülaziz | Caliph of Islam |
|
Abdul Hamid II
linked to:
Sultan Abdul Hamid II
|
Caliph of Islam |
| Abdullah ibn Abi Quhafa | Companion of Muhammad |
|
Abu Bakr
linked to:
Banu Taym
|
Companion of Muhammad |
| Khalid ibn al-Walid | Companion of Muhammad |
| Asma bint Umais | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abu Sufyan ibn Harb | Companion of Muhammad |
| Asma bint Abi Bakr | Companion of Muhammad |
| Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl | Companion of Muhammad |
| Musab ibn Umayr | Companion of Muhammad |
| Umm Ruman | Companion of Muhammad |
|
Uthman ibn Affan
linked to:
Affan ibn Abi al-As
|
Rashidun caliph |
|
Aisha bint Abi Bakr
linked to:
Aisha
|
Companion of Muhammad |
| Abdülmecid II | — |
| Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr | Caliph |
| Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan | Companion of Muhammad |
| as-Sakran ibn Amr | Companion of Muhammad |
| Jaʿfar ibn Abi Talib | Companion of Muhammad |
| Aqil ibn Abi Talib | Companion of Muhammad |
| Khunays ibn Hudhafa as-Sahmi | Companion of Muhammad |
|
Saad ibn Abi Waqqas
linked to:
Banu Zuhra
|
Companion of Muhammad |
| Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2022) | self-proclaimed caliph |
| Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh | Companion of Muhammad |
| Umar ibn Abi Salama | Companion of Muhammad |
| Amr ibn Umayya ad-Damri | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abd al-Rahman III | Caliph of Córdoba |
| Zayd ibn Harithah | Companion of Muhammad |
| Mehmed VI | — |
| Al-Hakam II | Caliph |
| Hisham III | Caliph |
| Marwan the Donkey | — |
|
Marwan II
linked to:
Busir
|
— |
| Hind bint Utbah | Companion of Muhammad |
| Yazid I | Umayyad caliph |
| Marwan I | Umayyad caliph |
| Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib | Companion of Muhammad |
| Amr ibn al-Jamuh | Companion of Muhammad |
| Arwā bint Abd al-Muttalib | Companion of Muhammad |
| ʿĀtika bint Abd al-Muttalib | Companion of Muhammad |
| al-Harith ibn Hazn | Companion of Muhammad |
| Yazid III | Umayyad caliph |
| Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Asad | Companion of Muhammad |
| Barra bint Abd al-Muttalib | Companion of Muhammad |
| Abd Allah ibn Masʿud | Companion of Muhammad |
| al-Musta'in | Abbasid caliph |
| al-Mu'tamid | Abbasid caliph |
| Abd Allah ibn Abbas | Companion of Muhammad |