Definition of "khalif" []

• Variant of caliph. (noun)

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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."
• "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."
• "“Shawir hunna wa khalif hunna,” which may be translated:"