How To Use Khalif In A Sentence
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The khalif An-nasir, whose prosperity in mundane affairs became proverbial, had only fourteen days of undisturbed enjoyment during a reign of fifty years, seven months, and three days.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844
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“Shawir hunna wa khalif hunna,” which may be translated:
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In orthodox writings the title caliph generally means deputy or successor to the Prophet Muhammad (as in khalifat rasul Allah - deputy to the Messenger of God).
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So Khalifah hent the five dinars in hand and went away, rejoicing, and gazing and marvelling at the gold and saying, Glory be to God! There is not with the Caliph of
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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Khalifa was motivated to talk but Jamie Gorelick, then acting AG sent an "expedite" letter to deport him. '
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But when Luka is 12, his father – Rashid Khalifa, also known as the Shah of Blah and the Ocean of Notions – seems to be succumbing to the passing of time, not merely physically, but imaginatively as well: "Even the stories he told seemed to move more slowly than they once had, and that was bad for business.
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While Cooper says he understands the criticisms of Khalifa, he also believes that she's capable of handling the serious overhaul the department needs.
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The unpopular cause of the Beni-Umeyyah, who were detested for the murder of the grandsons of the Prophet under the second of their line, was lost in a single battle; and the death of Merwan, the last khalif of the race, was followed by the unsparing proscription of the whole family.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844
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In the south, the Asharites, who worship the stars, whose territory, Al-Rassan, used to be united under a khalif but is now fragmented into many independent city-states.
The Lions of Al-Rassan
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The second was to encourage Khalifa Abdullahi to lay siege to the Italians stranded in their fort at Kassala.
Three Empires on the Nile
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Khalif, followed by cup-bearer lads like moons, belted with zones of gold, who spread a cloth of siglaton301 and set thereon flagons of chinaware and tall flasks of glass and cups of crystal and bottles and hanaps302 of all colours; and those flagons they filled with pure clear and old wine, whose scent was as the fragrance of virgin musk and it was even as saith the poet,
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Al-Rassan was the stronghold of the western Asharite faith until Ammar ibn Khairan killed the last khalif, splintering the land into feuding city-states.
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But the star of the show and the regnant monarch of tall buildings is Dubai's Burj Khalifa also by SOM.
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[18] Under the Arab dynasties of the east, the _vizir_ was exclusively an officer _of the pen_: and Makrizi expressly mentions that Bedr-al-Jemali, who became vizir to the Fatimite khalif Al-Mostanssor in 1074, was the first in whom _the sword and the pen_ were united.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844
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In Islamic history, to be sure, separate functions of government have been identified - the sultan is the military-political ruler, the khalifs and imams have religious authority, and kadis pass judgments in conflicts.
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Replied Khalifah, Nay, as thy head liveth, O chief of the Jews, none hath missaid me.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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The state-run Bahrain News Agency said the lawmakers want King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa to enforce martial law for three months and impose a curfew to protect peace and stability.
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He had gained territory from British Somaliland by helping Britain against the khalifa.
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But a Bahraini newspaper linked to the ruling al-Khalifa family reported Monday that a GCC force was expected to arrive in the country.
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Abbasides; and when Al-Ala, the _wali_ of Africa, invaded Spain in order to re-establish the supremacy of the eastern khalif, the head of his unsuccessful general, thrown before the tent of Al-mansor at
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844
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Jammal Brown or Khalif Barnes would be good options here if the big edge rusher is gone.
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Khalifa was motivated to talk but Jamie Gorelick, then acting AG sent an 'expedite' letter to deport him.
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Commander-in-Chief Sheikh Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Khalifa was quoted late Wednesday by the official news agency BNA as saying Gulf Arab forces will stay in Bahrain "in anticipation of any foreign threat.
Bahrain Says Foreign Forces Will Remain
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Khalifah took his meaning and heartening his heart and summoning spirit replied, “By Him who bestowed upon thee the succession to thy cousin, 256 I know her not in anywise and have had no commerce with her save by way of sight and speech!”
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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So they clomb over the roofs and coming down through the sky-light, 210 saw him naked and flogging himself and asked him, “What aileth thee, O Khalifah?”
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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Finding the sirdar on horseback with his staff, Churchill estimated that the khalifa could be little more than an hour away.
Three Empires on the Nile
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Neither Khalif nor his wife (who was given a thimerosal-containing flu shot while pregnant, even though the label instructed the doctor to administer the shot during pregnancy, "only when medically necessary"), had ever heard of autism until the day their son was diagnosed.
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Their wins were not enough to dislodge Salman Al Khalifa from being crowned series champion.
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Khalif is one of 131 female candidates —some are more willing than others —to include their name on the more than 500-person ballot for Anbar's provincial election, slated for Jan. 31.
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Director Brad Bird shot an action scene involving Tom Cruise swinging from the tallest building in the world -- the 164-story Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
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That conciliatory position stands in some contrast to the full-throated support offered to Bahrain's ruling Al Khalifa family by Saudi Arabia.
Saudi King to Return Home as Turmoil Sweeps Region
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Then came the hajibs or chamberlains, the sons of the vizirs, the freed slaves of the khalif, and the wakils or officers of his household.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844
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With the blessing of the new Antiquities Authority president, Khalifa oversaw the entire process, including the technical side which included such things as edge detection, document degradation, global and adaptive thresholding, color clustering, and image processing.
The Last Patriot
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Khalifah is a Fallah-grazioso of normal assurance shrewd withal; he blunders like an Irishman of the last generation and he uses the first epithet that comes to his tongue.
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many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world
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Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said the Gulf force is needed to counter what he called a sustained campaign'' by Iran in Bahrain.
Bahrain: Gulf Troops Needed Against Iran Threat
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Khalif may be an unlikely candidate. But few of the women on the ballot are striding gung ho into the spotlight.
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Khalifah the Fisherman, naked and wrapped in the net; and indeed he was horrible to behold, as to and fro he rolled with eyes for very redness like cresset-gleam and dusty hair in dishevelled trim, as he were an Ifrit or a lion grim.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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The night continued with many handshakes and daps -- from Bonnie Raitt, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Wiz Khalifa to Rick Ross to name a few.
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[FN#121] A well-known grammarian and traditionist of the time, afterwards governor of part of Khorassan, under the Khalif El
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In his second statement on national television in as many days, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, appealed for calm, reaching out to opposition leaders and appearing to sanction the protesters' reoccupation of the Pearl roundabout.
Bahraini Demonstrators Retake Pearl Roundabout
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As-Seffah, (_the bloodshedder_, the surname of the first Abbaside khalif,) in every province of the empire.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844
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Intensely ambitious, Churchill was “deeply anxious to share” in the imminent clash between sirdar and khalifa.
Three Empires on the Nile
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Under various pretexts he destroyed or drove into exile, within a few years, all the princes of the blood, and others whose influence or station might have endangered the success of his projects, and concentrated in his own hands all the powers of the state; while the khalif, secluded from public view within his palace, was as completely
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844
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Khalifah, the Fisherman, the Caliph assigned him a monthly solde of fifty dinars and took him into especial favour, which would lead to rank and dignity, honour and worship.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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The Ephesian Amazons are said to have danced with cymbals and sistra; but the weapon-dance is derived from one that I myself have witnessed, though done by men and boys — the Moslem "Khalifa.
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Khalifah, and he is watching them and waiting for me to return to him with a couple of frails and a matchet.
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