The relatives of the
murdered caliph
fled to mecca with vows of vengeance.
Such a system invalidated any tradition to the contrary traceable to any companion, even one of the
rightly-guided caliphs.
Caliph suleyman, who reigned up to 717 ad, went to mecca to ask about the hajj.
Most of them acknowledged the political authority of the
ruling caliphs
so as to secure the people's religious leadership for themselves.
Caliph's younger brother
and the people's favorite should succeed.
Caliph of those times
had taken as his wife an enchanting, delicate woman presented to him on his travels to basra.
Wouldst thou
have the caliph
murdered, or delivered over to the enemy?
Sayyida nafisa, a descendant of ali, the
fourth caliph, was also a great scholar.
Caliph's army
by night, but was prevented by two religious fanatics who followed him.
In accusing britain of being hostile to their
venerated caliph, the khilafatists were fighting an imaginary enemy.
His anger was provoked, however, by the election of the
third caliph, uthman.
Caliph's court
were probably invited to play polo or go hunting.
Weak and faint from the assassin's dagger, the emergency came upon the
dying caliph
unprepared.
Note: ibn umar was the
second caliph
's - umar's son.
The
earlier caliphs
desired their tombs to be kept secret, for fear of desecration.
There were exceptions; but ' ali was lenient, and 235 would not press the adherents of the
late caliph
to swear allegiance.
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