caliph

He bragged of almost selling a pork bun to the Muhammedan caliph of Baghdad.

“By my beard, you can have it. It’s juicier than other eyes. It has seen every color and every bride in the caliph’s harem.”

It is named after Omar, Islam's second caliph.

The pyramid was sealed until 820, when the Muslim leader Caliph al-Ma’mun broke it open on one side.

The 12th-century mosque was built where the Almohad dynasty established its first capital in a remote Atlas valley before going on to seize Marrakech, proclaim its leader Caliph, and march on across the region propelled by religious zeal.