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== Islamic empires == | == Islamic Caliphates & 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]] | ||
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|1517–1924 | |1517–1924 | ||
|Middle East, Anatolia, Southeastern Europe, Greece, North Africa | |Middle East, Anatolia, Southeastern Europe, Greece, North Africa | ||
|[[File:OttomanEmpireMain.png|thumb|The Ottoman Empire in 1683|alt=The Ottoman Empire in 1683|none|250x250px]] | | | ||
* 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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