caliphate

Noun
  1. The era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century;
    Some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community (synset 115273623)
    "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"
    is an instance of: epoch, era - a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  2. The territorial jurisdiction of a caliph (synset 108568341)
    is a type of: jurisdiction - in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
  3. The office of a caliph (synset 100590728)
    is a type of: berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot - a job in an organization

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