It was this last establishment which originated with the califs that gave a first beginning to the science of chemistry.
The most enlightened of all the califs was Almamon, who has rendered his name immortal by his exertions in favour of the sciences.
The Arabian califs were, on various accounts, inclined to favour the resort of Europeans to these shrines of their faith.
The postal service under the Califs was an independent branch of the administration, and in addition to the conveyance of despatches and travellers was added the supervision of all the authorities in outlying possessions.
In the Post Office of the Califs the letters and packets posted, as well as those received from other places, were entered in special lists, where their number and address had to be stated.
Interest of the Califs in globes and astronomical instruments.
The list of califs interested in astronomy is a long one, both of those who remained in the original homeland, and of those who went to the new home in the Iberian Peninsula.
At this time[614] the Fatimite califs of Egypt had fallen into a state of nonentity.
It was for ten generations under the rule of the Fatimite califs of Africa, who came from Kairon bringing the bones of their ancestors with them.
True, under the Egyptian califs its prosperity revived somewhat; for, under them, it remained the chief commercial center between the east and the west.
Mohammedan sect which maintains that Ali, first cousin of Mohammed and husband of his daughter Fatima, was the first legitimate successor of the Prophet, rejecting the three califs of their opponents the Sunnis, as usurpers.
Turkish family which, under Togrul Beg, grandson of a chief named Seljuk, overthrew the Abbaside califs of Bagdad about 1050, and gave way before the Osmanli or Ottoman princes.
Mahmoud was the most celebrated of all the califs who had kept their court at Ispahan.
The califs of the East having extended their dominions as far as the boundaries of Europe, found their iron sceptre too heavy to be supported with any degree of pleasure or satisfaction.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "califs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
