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- noun Plural form of
califate .
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Arabs have to think about their growing populus, the people in the street and not about califates and dignity.
Could There Be a One-State Solution? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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This conqueror was assassinated at Jerusalem in 643; after which, the establishment of several califates in Arabia and Syria, the fall of the Ommiades, and the elevation of the Abassides involved
Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814
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