Caliphate Its Rise, Decline And Fall from Original Sources

1891. Veteran scholar Sir William Muir's history of the Caliphate. A Caliph is the spiritual head and temporal ruler of the Islamic state. In principle, Islam is theocratic: when Muhammad the Prophet died, a caliph (successor) was chosen to rule in his place. The caliph had temporal and spiritual authority but was not permitted prophetic power; this was reserved for Muhammad. The caliph could not, therefore, exercise authority in matters of religious doctrine. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.Muir, William is the author of 'Caliphate Its Rise, Decline And Fall from Original Sources' with ISBN 9781417948895 and ISBN 1417948892.