Caliph vs Hajib - What's the difference?
caliph | hajib |
The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual.
(lb) An official of a Muslim court, of varied importance, initially controlling access to the caliph, but later very powerful; a chamberlain.
* 1981 , Hugh Kennedy, The Early Abbasid Caliphate: A Political History ,
* 1997 , Samuel Edward Finer, The History of Government from the Earliest Times: The Intermediate Ages ,
* 2008 (1955), Emile Tyan, X: Judicial Organization'', Majid Khadduri, Herbert J. Liebesny (editors), ''Law in the Middle East , Volume 1: Origin and Development of Islamic Law,
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As nouns the difference between caliph and hajib
is that caliph is the political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual while hajib is an official of a Muslim court, of varied importance, initially controlling access to the caliph, but later very powerful; a chamberlain.caliph
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Alternative forms
* calif, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifaNoun
(en noun)- Ahmadis call their Caliph the Khalifatul Masih .
hajib
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(en noun)page 103:
- The hajib was always a man of consequence; being close to the caliph he was always in a position to give messages and ask favours and, most of all, he controlled access to his master.
page 705:
- By our period — the mid-ninth century — the office of hajib'' doubled with that of the head of the palace guard, which signifies, ''inter alia , that he was one of the Turkish amirs.
page 272:
- In the Mamliik empire, it is certain that the h?jib' possessed judicial competence.In a first phase, the personality of the '''h?jib''' does not yet stand out from his administrative character and, naturally, his competence is still restricted to the surroundings to which he belongs. The ' h?jib is still the minister entrusted with the settlement of suits filed against the am?rs and the soldiers, and likewise litigations between soldiers, and especially disputes arising over the endowments and the fiefs which are granted to members of the army.
