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1. Successor or vicar; - a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey.

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When quiet was restored he repeated his message and delivered the emperor's letter, which was found to contain a demand that the caliph, Marsile's uncle, should be sent, a prisoner, to Charles, in atonement for the two ambassadors foully slain before. - "Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race", Maud Isabel Ebbutt.
" Thou hast said well," replied the caliph; " I will go with thee into the bazaar, and witness unknown the amusements of my people after the labours of the day." - "The Pacha of Many Tales", Captain Frederick Marryat.
Great also, Ande, is Ali, the Fourth Caliph, cousin- companion of Mahomet the Prophet. - "The Dark Star", Robert W. Chambers.

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