Calipha
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Călīpha, califa, chalipha, chalifa[1] (-ae, m.) (a nomine Arabico خليفة ḫalīfa = successor, a verbo خلف ḫalafa = succedere) est titulus maximae dignitatis apud Musulmanos, designans ipsius prophetae Machometi successorem. Ergo, qui hunc titulum assumat, asseverat se iure populum totum Musulmanorum ipsum regere.
Calīphātus (-ūs, m.) est caliphae dignitas sive imperium.
Notae[recensere | fontem recensere]
- ↑ Iohannes Iacobus Hofmannus, Lexicon Universale (1698) lemmata 'chalifa seu califa' et 'calipha'
Bibliographia[recensere | fontem recensere]
- Wilferd Madelung, The Succession to Muhammad: a study of the early Caliphate. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-521-56181-7
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