Caliphs of Islam
622 AD Constitution of Medina
03 Mar 1924 Caliphate abolished by Turkish government
03 Mar - 11 Oct 1924 Style adopted by the Sharif of Mecca
11 Oct 1924 - Position vacant
30 Jun 2014 Caliphate restored by the jihadi militia ISIS (not recognised)
Caliphs
- Rashidun Pious and Rightly Guided Caliphs -
622 - 08 Jun 632 Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hussain
08 Jun 632 - 23 Aug 634 Abu Bakr
23 Aug 634 - 07 Nov 644 Umar ibn al-Khattab
11 Nov 644 - 17 Jul 656 Uthman ibn Affan
17 Jul 656 - 27 Jan 661 Ali ibn Abi Talib
661 - 750 The Umayyads Caliphs of Damascus
756 - 1031 The Emires of Cordoba
750 - 1258 The Abbasid Caliphs of Baghdad
- Fatamid Caliphs - (Ismaili Shias, not recognised by Sunni Muslims)
909 - 934 Abu Muhammad Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah
934 - 17 May 946 Muhammad al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
17 May 946 - 19 Mar 953 Abu Tahir Ismail al-Mansur bi-Ilah
19 Mar 953 - 975 Abu Tamim Ma'add al-Muizz li-Din Allah
975 - 13 Oct 996 Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah
14 Oct 996 - 13 Feb 1021 Abu Ali al-Mansur Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
13 Feb 1021 - 13 Jun 1036 Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali az-Zahir li-Zahir li-z'az Din Allah
13 Jun 1036 - 10 Jan 1094 Abu Tamim Ma`ad al-Mastanir Bi-llah
10 Jan 1094 - 1101 Al-Musta'li bi-llah
1101 - 1030 Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
1130 - 1149 Abd al-Majid al-Hafiz
1149 - 1154 al-Zafir
1154 - 1160 Al-Fa'iz bi-Amri I-Lah
1160 - 1171 Al-Azid
- The Emirs of the Almohad Empire -
1145 - 1163 Abd al-Mu`min
1163 - 14 Oct 1184 Abu Yaqub Yusuf I
14 Oct 1184 - 23 Jan 1199 Abu Yusuf Yaq`ub al-Mansur
23 Jan 1199 - 1213 Muhammad an-Nasir
1213 - Feb 1224 Abu Ya`qub Yusuf II
Feb - Sep 1224 Abd al-Wahid I
Sep 1224 - 04 Oct 1227 Abu Muhammad `Abdullah `al-Adil`
04 Oct 1227 - 1229 Yahya al-Mu`tasim
04 Oct 1227 - 17 Oct 1232 Abu al-Ala Idris I al-Mamun
(co-ruler)
17 Oct 1232 - 1242 Abu Muhammad ar-Rashid Abdul-Wahid II
1242 - 1248 Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Murtada
1248 - 1266 Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada
1266 - 1269 Idris II
1261 - 1517 The Caliphs of Cairo
03 Feb 1451 - 19 Nov 1922 The Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
19 Nov 1922 - 03 Mar 1924 Abdul Mejid II Osmanli
03 Mar - 11 Oct 1924 Hussein bin Ali al-Hashim, Sharif of Mecca
30 Jun 2014 - Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai
(self-proclaimed, Iraqi insurgent leader)