khalif
Britishnoun
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She became the wife of the khalif Al-Mamun, who, says Ibn Khallikan rather ungallantly, was "induced to marry her by the high esteem he bore her father."
From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
The khalif Ali Ibn Ali Talib was a very just man.
From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
The two princes sent to the khalif for aid; their request was granted; and they marched against, defeated, and slew the governor of Irak, and appointed another in his place.
From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas
The inclusion of the khalif Al-Muktafi seems to have been an afterthought, added when the poet first saw him.
From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
He died in 805, after long imprisonment by the illustrious khalif whose pleasure it had been to address him always as "My father."
From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
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