{"slug": "caliphate", "label": "Caliphate", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131401", "qid": "Q131401", "description": "Islamic form of government", "entries": 16, "years": 16, "span": [573, 1938], "span_label": ["573 CE", "1938 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Caliph"], "related": [{"slug": "abu-bakr", "label": "Abu Bakr", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "uthman-ibn-affan", "label": "Uthman ibn Affan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "umayyad-state-of-cordoba", "label": "Umayyad state of Córdoba", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iberian-peninsula", "label": "Iberian Peninsula", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cordoba-spain", "label": "Córdoba, Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abd-al-rahman-iii", "label": "Abd al-Rahman III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crown-prince", "label": "Crown prince", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 573, "year_label": "573 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Abu Bakr, Muslim Caliph (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332331069#Births", "title": "573", "revid": 1332331069, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 577, "year_label": "577 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Uthman ibn Affan, Muslim Caliph (d. 656)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369170756#Births", "title": "577", "revid": 1369170756, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 583, "year_label": "583 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Umar, companion of Muhammad (d. 644) and second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372793107#Births", "title": "583", "revid": 1372793107, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 623, "year_label": "623 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 28", "text": "March 28 – Marwan I, Muslim Caliph (d. 685)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364763007#Births", "title": "623", "revid": 1364763007, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 634, "year_label": "634 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 23", "text": "August 23 – Abu Bakr, Muslim Caliph", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1299946990#Deaths", "title": "634", "revid": 1299946990, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 645, "year_label": "645 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Yazid I, Muslim Caliph (d. 683)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347973672#Births", "title": "645", "revid": 1347973672, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 646, "year_label": "646 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Muslim Caliph (d. 705)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804476#Births", "title": "646", "revid": 1340804476, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 656, "year_label": "656 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – Uthman ibn Affan, Muslim Caliph (b. 577) (martyred)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635539#Deaths", "title": "656", "revid": 1367635539, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 724, "year_label": "724 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – (24 Sha'ban 105 AH) Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, becomes the new Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, which covers most of the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, after his brother Yazid II dies of tuberculosis following a 4-year reign. Hisham reigns for 19 years, during which he appoints Khalid al-Qasri as of Governor of Iraq", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808653#By_date", "title": "724", "revid": 1340808653, "section": "Events › By date"}}, {"year": 785, "year_label": "785 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Mahdi, Muslim Caliph", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351342449#Deaths", "title": "785", "revid": 1351342449, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 949, "year_label": "949 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Abd al-Rahman III the Caliph of Córdoba declares Jihad, preparing a large army & conquers the city of Lugo in the extreme North of Iberia. This raid shows to be one of the furthest raids Muslims in Spain ever conducted, done as a show of strength of the Muslim State in Al-Andalus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365592042#Europe", "title": "949", "revid": 1365592042, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1012, "year_label": "1012 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – The climax of the Bedouin anti-Fatimid rebellion in Palestine is reached. Abu'l-Futuh al-Hasan ibn Ja'far is acclaimed as anti-Caliph with the title of al-Rashid bi-llah (\"Righteous with God\").", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365271481#Arabian_Empire", "title": "1012", "revid": 1365271481, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1094, "year_label": "1094 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "After the death of Caliph al-Mustansir Billah, his son-in-law and vizier Al-Afdal declares al-Musta'li, a younger son of al-Mustansir, in a coup d'état as new Caliph. Al-Mustansir's designated heir, Nizar, flees to Alexandria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365267917#Fatimid_Egypt", "title": "1094", "revid": 1365267917, "section": "Events › By place › Fatimid Egypt"}}, {"year": 1451, "year_label": "1451 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "al-Mustakfi II, Abbasid Caliph", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358547324#Deaths", "title": "1451", "revid": 1358547324, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1922, "year_label": "1922 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 19", "text": "November 19 – Abdülmecid II, Crown Prince of the Ottoman Empire, is elected Caliph.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983934#November", "title": "1922", "revid": 1369983934, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1938, "year_label": "1938 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Majlis Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya is established by Khalifat-ul Masih II, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the second Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818751#Date_unknown", "title": "1938", "revid": 1368818751, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}