caliph

• 'Ali eventually did become caliph, although an assassin's knife cut short his stewardship. —  Writings from the Middle East Forum and Middle East Quarterly.
• In truth, I hardly think there will be much difficulty; for this caliph is a miser--a mean, detestable miser--and would sell anything for bezants--even his soul, if he had not already pawned it to Satan, through his brokers Mahound and Termagaunt.' —  The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX.
• When they had taken their seats in the corner of the room, Yussuf said, "Now, my guests, as you hope for pardon, tell me, do you know nothing of what has happened to me this day--and what the blockhead of a caliph has been about?" —  The Pacha of Many Tales
• The title by which he is known in Persia is khalifeh or caliph, a designation which, comprising the head of the civil as well as the religious government, the Mussulmans used formerly to bestow on the sovereigns who held their sway at Bagdad and elsewhere. —  The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
• The blacks, although supported by the caliph's mother, were completely defeated, and the caliph was forced to acknowledge the authority of Nasir ed-Dowlah. —  History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 11 (of 12)

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