caliphate

IOTL, Turkish propaganda during the Turkish War of Independence had a religious tint, that they were going to save the caliphate against Christian countries (Greece, UK, and France). Ataturk even made a show of praying to make it seem that the propaganda was genuine: Let's say the propaganda...

Say, for the sake of argument, the Faisal-Weizmann Agreement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal%E2%80%93Weizmann_Agreement) went a bit differently, and the Knesset voted to elect Faisal of Iraq and Syria to be King of Israel. How would this work? Could an Austro-Hungarian-style dual monarchy...

What if, instead of reestablishing the Abbasid Caliphate in Cairo, where the Mamluks took over, the Abbasids move the Caliphate back to Mecca, or another City in the Arabian Peninsula? Could this secure the survival of the Abbasid caliphate? Would they contest with the Mamluk Egyptians, and the...

After WW1 and the Turkish war of independence, Mustafa Kemal abolished the Ottoman caliphate. The last caliph, Abdulmejid II, was sent into exile. However, there was a pan-Islamic movement among Muslims in British India at the time called the Khilafat Movement, which sought restore the...

This is a common theme on the site, however, I do not feel that it is well explored enough and we thus tend to not fully explore the situation and comprehend the radical changes with which Islam brought into the geopolitical scene of Afroeurasia. To begin, the POD is 629, Islam is through some...

How could the Fatimids survive and convert most of Egypt to their fate? What and who should change to make this posible? What are the long term concequences?

The Romans had superior men and more experienced forces (Roman-Persian Wars). What if the Roman forced annihilated the Rashidun forces at Yarmouk. Would they be able to mount an invasion of Arabia?

With the recent rise of Right Wing BJP and the religious politics in India, it has made me curious on how an Islamic Indian Subcontinent(India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives) be? Lets just for the sake of simplicity, assume Arab Caliphate conquer Indian...

So as we all know, after World War 1 the Ottoman Sultanate came close to being abolished by Turkish nationalists who wanted to end the Empire, end the Caliphate and replace them with a secular republic. But with the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the quashing of the Turkish National Movement...

After the death of the Prophet Muhammad IOTL one of his close followers, Abu Bakr, was chosen by a small group of leading Muslims to succeed Muhammad as the political leader of the Muslim Community. Muhammad's cousin Ali, however, was also favored by many to succeed the Prophet. Despite this...

"In Ayannid-era hagiographical works of Seerah and modern academic treatments of the Prophet’s life alike, there is a tendency to relegate the Ghazwah of Mut’ah to a role of utter insignificance. This has mostly been due to fact that the confrontation at Mut’ah didn't result in any lasting...

I don't think anyone has done it so... Since the lands of Indonesia are majority-Muslim, would it be possible to create an Indonesian-based Caliphate? Perhaps, one of the Sultans in either Sumatra or Java have somehow managed to create an Caliphate/Empire by skill and luck. Or a wide-scale...

Was it possible to recreate the Islamic Caliphate led by the Iranians? It can be Sunni or Shiite or any other sect. Perhaps, the ruling dynasties are Persianized. Tho' it can be difficult, given the fact there're majority Arabs and most likely opposed the Persian caliphate. There're fewer...

Like the title says, the challenge should you accept is creating an Arabian-led Caliphate which lasts into modern day today. Although, Ottomans doesn't count as the Caliphate in the thread, considering the Osmanli dynasty are Turkic. Can include the Hashemites, Rashidis or even the Sauds...

After the Mongols conquered the Abbasid Caliphate, the Mamluks instituted a sort of puppet Caliph in Cairo, ostensibly also of the Abbasid Dynasty. Is there any possibility, after WW1 and the fall of the Ottoman Caliphate, that an imperial power of the time could establish, or rather bring...

Any thoughts?

In this poll, I wanted to write some options as to the decline/fall of the Abbasid that was different from otl. Then, have a poll to see which ones interested people most and get reasons why each person chose a particular outcome. The only option not included is otl, obviously, but if you favor...

In 656, Rashidun caliph Uthman was assassinated by an angry mob of muslim pilgrims invading his house. His death sparked a succession crisis, known as the First Fitna, which briefly interrupted the expansion of the Rashidun caliphate, yet led to the creation of the Umayyad caliphate. But what if...

1066: An age of War As the sun sets on 1065, the world is at an impasse. The great powers of Europe and the Orient eye each other off like fierce lions, circling and growling, beating their chests and looking for any sign that they can punch. While the lesser kings circle around like wolves...

What if, due to some PoD, the Ummayyad takeover of the early islamic caliphate never happens, and the Rashidun line of caliphs survived? Were there any structural differences between the politics of the Ummayyad and Rashidun caliphates? If so, then how will they affect the territorial expansion...