Commander of the Faithful

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Commander of the Faithful is an Islamic honorific title historically borne by caliphs as the supreme political and religious leaders of the Muslim community.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Commander of the Faithful canonical 20

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic honorific title ⓘ
political title ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
sovereign title ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Almohad Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Almohad dynasty

Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
Ottoman Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Empire

Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
associatedWithOffice caliphate ⓘ
componentMeaning Amir means commander or leader ⓘ
Mu'minin means believers or faithful ⓘ
denotesRole leader of the ummah ⓘ
supreme political leader of the Muslim community ⓘ
supreme religious leader of the Muslim community ⓘ
firstWidelyUsedBy Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ
hasComponentTerm Amir ⓘ
Mu'minin ⓘ
hasConnotation military leadership ⓘ
religious legitimacy ⓘ
spiritual authority ⓘ
temporal authority ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Islamic world ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
hasDomain Islamic governance ⓘ
Islamic political theory ⓘ
Islamic religious authority ⓘ
hasLanguageForm Amir al-Mu'minin ⓘ
linked to: Amir al-Mu’minin

Amīr al-Muʾminīn ⓘ
linked to: Amir al-Mu’minin

أمير المؤمنين ⓘ
historicalScope early Islamic period ⓘ
medieval Islamic period ⓘ
literalMeaning commander of the believers ⓘ
leader of the faithful ⓘ
relatedConcept caliph ⓘ
imam (Islamic leadership) ⓘ
ummah ⓘ
usedAsTitleFor Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Harun al-Rashid ⓘ
Muawiya I ⓘ
Ottoman sultans claiming the caliphate ⓘ
Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ
Uthman ibn Affan ⓘ
usedBy Islamic caliph ⓘ
linked to: Caliph

Muslim ruler ⓘ
caliph ⓘ
usedInReligion Islam ⓘ
usedInSect Ibadi Islam ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abbasid caliphs in Cairo → usedTitle → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
al-Mustansir → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
az-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
Mohammed VI of Morocco → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
Ahmad al-Mansur → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
subject linked to: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh
Sultan Abd al-Rahman → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
Abdallahi al-Ta’aishi → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
Al-Muqtadir → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
Sultan Abdallah of Morocco → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
Abu Ishaq Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid → positionHeld → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
Abd al-Hafid of Morocco → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
subject linked to: Sultan Abd al-Hafid of Morocco
Moroccan monarchy → religiousTitleOfMonarch → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
Moroccan monarchy → roleOfMonarch → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
Al-Walid II → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
subject linked to: Caliph al-Walid II
Harun al-Rashid → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Rashid
Abu Jaʿfar al-Muntasir bi-llah → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
Abdelaziz of Morocco → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
Sultan Yusef of Morocco → title → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ
His Sharifian Majesty → associatedRole → Commander of the Faithful ⓘ