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== Islamic empires ==
== Islamic Caliphates & empires ==
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=== Notes: on Islamic Caliphates and empires ===
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** Ali was Muhammad's son-in-law and the husband of his daughter, Fatima
** Ali was Muhammad's son-in-law and the husband of his daughter, Fatima
** Shiites did not recognize the first three Caliphates as legiitimate
** Shiites did not recognize the first three Caliphates as legiitimate
|[[File:Map of expansion of Caliphate.svg|thumb|Map of expansion of Islamic rule
|[[File:Map of expansion of Caliphate.svg|thumb|Map of expansion of Islamic rule: - Expansion under Muhammad, 622-632- Expansion during the Rashidun Caliphate, 632-661- Expansion during the Umayyad Caliphate, 661-750|none|250x250px]]
# Expansion under Muhammad, 622-632
# Expansion during the Rashidun Caliphate, 632-661
# Expansion during the Umayyad Caliphate, 661-750]]
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|1517–1924
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|Middle East, Anatolia, Southeastern Europe, Greece, North Africa
|Middle East, Anatolia, Southeastern Europe, Greece, North Africa
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* by claiming himself a Caliph, Selim I established his empire as a "Caliphate", which gave him the claim to legitimacy in the Muslim world and made him protector of Mecca
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[[File:OttomanEmpireMain.png|thumb|The Ottoman Empire in 1683|alt=The Ottoman Empire in 1683|none|250x250px]]
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