Assertion: caliph | /r/Synonym | khalīfat allāh
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text: A caliph at least as early as the third caliph Uthman Ibn Affan (r. 644 – 656) was called khalīfat Allāh (deputy or successor of God), clearly implying that he was considered to be endowed with religious as well as political authority (it appears that later the title evolved to be khalīfat