caliph
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The late Abbasid caliphs militarized their economy in an effort to wrest control from the dominant merchants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 29, 2025
While Arabic was considered the language of learning and religion, Persian was often the language of poetry and literature, even in the otherwise Arabic-speaking court of the Abbasid caliphs.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
The “Four Rightly Guided” caliphs should be respected as the first imams.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Perhaps the most important phenomenon within the Abbasid caliphate was the great emphasis and respect the caliphs placed on learning.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
Under the Ommiade caliphs, for about five generations, life probably resembled the golden picture drawn for us as typical of Moorish sway.
From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle
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English Words Derived from Arabic
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