As the Ottoman Empire became a continent-straddling Muslim superpower, its sultan assumed the spiritual trappings of the Caliph. But the caliphate did not survive the Ottoman empire’s turbulent ...

In early January, an insidious international radical Islamist movement outlawed in at least a dozen countries was forced to ...

Despite the demise of its physical caliphate, IS remains a battle-hardened and well-disciplined force whose "enduring defeat" is not assured. The head of the US military's Central Command ...

The last Sasanid shah died a fugitive in eastern Iran in 651. The caliphate was the governing institution established by Muhammad’s successors to rule the newly conquered empire. The capital of the ...

Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate defeated the Sasanian Empire of ancient Persia. Their victory played a key role in Islamic and world history. "The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah has strong ...

US President Donald Trump welcomed the fall of the Islamic State group's five-year "caliphate", but warned that the terror group remained a threat. Mr Trump's remarks ...

But Buddhism played a major role in a fall of the centre of the Islamic Empire. We have often heard about the great Islamic Caliphate, established by the Abbasid Empire in Baghdad in the 8th ...