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Caliphs of the Islamic World
The caliphs (from Arabic خليفة, "successor") were political successors to Muhammad. The Rashidun caliphs of Medina began with Abu Bakr and ended with Ali. The Umayyad caliphs of Damascus followed, later overthrown in 750 by the Abbasids, who were descendants of Muhammad's uncle Abbas and ruled from Baghdad. The Mongols sacked Baghdad in 1258, after which the Egyptian Mamluks installed ceremonial Abbasid caliphs in Cairo. When the Ottomans defeated the Mamluks, Ottoman sultans beginning with Selim I assumed the title. The caliphate was abolished in 1924 following the creation of modern Turkey.
101 results
Name
Years
Other Names
Al-Qa'im
1031-1075
Abbasid
Al-Muqtadi
1075-1094
Abbasid
Al-Mustazhir
1094-1118
Abbasid
Al-Mustarshid
1118-1135
Abbasid
Ar-Rashid
1135-1136
Abbasid
Al-Muqtafi
1136-1160
Abbasid
Al-Mustanjid
1160-1170
Abbasid
Az-Zahir
1225-1226
Abbasid
Al-Mustansir
1226-1242
Abbasid
Al-Mustansir II
1261-1262
Abbasid
Al-Hakim I
1262-1302
Abbasid
Al-Mustakfi II
1302-1340
Abbasid
Al-Hakim II
1341-1352
Abbasid
Al-Mu'tadid II
1352-1362
Abbasid
Al-Mutawakkil II
1362-1377; 1377-1383; 1383-1406
Abbasid
Al-Musta'sim II
1377; 1386-1389
Abbasid
Al-Wathiq II
1383-1386
Abbasid
Al-Musta'in
1406-1414
Abbasid
Al-Mu'tadid III
1414-1441
Abbasid
Al-Mustakfi III
1441-1451
Abbasid
Al-Qa'im II
1451-1455
Abbasid
Al-Mustanjid II
1455-1479
Abbasid
Al-Mutawakkil III
1479-1497
Abbasid
Al-Mustamsik
1497-1508; 1516-1517
Abbasid
Al-Mutawakkil IV
1508-1516; 1517
Abbasid
1512-1520
1566-1574
1574-1595
1617-1618; 1622-1623
1623-1640
1640-1648
1695-1703
1730-1754
1757-1774
1789-1807
1807-1808
1808-1839
Abdülmecid I
1839-1861
(Abd ul-Majid)
1876
Abdülmecid II
1922-1924
Ottoman
Muawiyah I
661-680
Umayyad
Muawiyah II ibn Yazid
683-684
Umayyad
Al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik
705-715
Umayyad
Al-Walid II ibn Yazid
743-744
Umayyad
Al-Mutawakkil
847-861
Abbasid
Al-Muntasir
861-862
Abbasid
Al-Musta'in
862-866
Abbasid
Al-Mu'tazz
866-869
Abbasid
Al-Muhtadi
869-870
Abbasid
Al-Mu'tamid
870-892
Abbasid
Al-Muttaqi
940-944
Abbasid
Al-Fadl al-Muti
946-974
Abbasid
At-Ta'i
974-991
Abbasid
Al-Qadir
991-1031
Abbasid