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Under Othman, the third Caliph who belonged to the aristocratic Ummayid branch of Mohammed's tribe Quraysh, the conquests ceased briefly.
She first appeared in the historical annals in 1239 as a mamlukah inmate of Turkish or Armenian origins in the Caliph al-Musta'sim's harem.
The Fatimid caliphs belonged to the Shia tradition, which claimed descent from the fourth Caliph, Ali, and his wife Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet.
However, the historians and traditionists are unanimous that the official codex was adopted under the third Caliph Uthman.
The Caliph sent several small armadas to defeat Dahar but these were all soundly defeated.
It was therefore possible for Feisal to be both the Caliph to the Sunnis and the true Imam to the Shi'ites.
She remembered the war, which was thrust upon her father, King Dahir, just because some pirates had hijacked a ship belonging to the Caliph.
These have been assigned to the reign of the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustansir based on comparisons with other media such as textiles.
At last he went to the palace one day, and, being informed that the Caliph was making his ablutions prior to his prayers, sat down in an antechamber.
A Mongol army from Central Asia laid siege to Baghdad in 1401, calling on the Caliph to surrender and promising that if he did so, the city would be spared.
The example of Caliph Abdul Aziz from Umayyad dynasty is well known.
Ali's second son, Hussein, then took over from his brother Hassan and broke with the Omayyad Caliph.
In a 1971 BBC presentation of James Elroy Flecker's Hassan, Gielgud played the Caliph to Richardson's Hassan.
Missionaries stay with their careers as appointed by the Caliph for the rest of their lives, as per their commitment to the community.
Following Muhammad's death in 632, Abu Bakr became leader of the Muslims as the first Caliph.
One such story narrates that the Fatimid Caliph al Hakim Bi-Amr Illah wanted to light the streets of Cairo during Ramadan nights.
The Ottoman sultans also claimed the title of Caliph starting with Murad I, who transformed the Ottoman state into a transcontinental empire.
The mosque was built by the Caliph Umar bin Abdulaziz when he was prince of Madinah and renewed during the Abbassid and Ottoman eras.
Ahmed Ibn Tuloun had been sent to rule Cairo in the ninth century by the Abbassid Caliph in Baghdad.
The piece records the carver who made it in the time of Caliph al-Zahir.
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Just at this time there came to Kermanshah the young and pleasure-seeking Caliph.
A hearty pinch, and the magic word of the Caliph converted him into a stork.
The night-owl begged him to relate it, and the Caliph commenced to relate what we already know.
The Caliph approved of the proposition of his vizier, and went with him to the pond.
The Caliph found in his dress, not only the box of magic powder, but also his money-bag.
Persecutions followed the death of the great Caliph, particularly in the sultanate of Egypt.
In an evil hour the King was persuaded to attack the tunisian Caliph.
The first clock that ever measured time was made for the Caliph of Bagdad.
At this the beautiful Persian took courage, and the Caliph was as good as his word, recommending her to the care of his wife Zobeida.
The Caliph gave him a piece of money, and was passing on, but the blind man seized his hand, and held him fast.
My first care was to present myself before the Caliph, and give him an account of my embassy.
The Caliph approved the scheme, and the syndic was immediately sent for.
The Calenders and the Caliph looked at each other, and whispered together, unheard by Zobeida and Sadie, who were tending their fainting sister.
The seven culprits all thought their last hour had come, and the Caliph repented bitterly that he had not taken the vizir's advice.
In the reign of the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid, there lived at Bagdad a porter who, in spite of his humble calling, was an intelligent and sensible man.
The old man, furious at this insolence as he considered it, took a cup and threw it at the Caliph, who easily avoided a missile from the hand of a drunken man.
In the middle of it was a vast pavilion, whose superb saloon had eighty windows, each window having a lustre, lit solely when the Caliph spent the evening there.
When the grand-vizir presented the child to the Caliph, he was a little awed and confused, and the Caliph proceeded to explain why he had sent for him.
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