Imamate
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The term imamate or imamah (
Arabic: إمامة, imāmah) means "leadership" and refers to the office of an imam
or a Muslim theocratic state ruled by an imam.
Theology
- Imamate, in Sunni doctrine the caliphate
- Sayyid ul Sadaatiyya Imamate, under the household of Hazrat Ishaan (Dakik Family)
- Imamate in Shia doctrine, the doctrine of the leadership of the Muslim community. For specific Shia sects, see:
List
- Caucasian Imamate, a state during the early and mid-19th century in the Eastern Caucasus
- Imamate of Oman, a state existed in what is now Oman
- Imamate of Aussa, an early modern state in Ethiopia
- Imamate of Futa Jallon, a state in West Africa from 1725 until 1896
- Almamyate of Futa Toro, a state in West Africafrom 1776 until 1861
- Hiraab Imamate, a Somali state in the 17th and 18th centuries
- Shiafrom 897 until 1962
- Ibadi Persian dynasty in North Africafrom 767 until 909
- Imamate of Nafusa, a state in Libya from the 8th century until 911
- First Saudi Statefrom 1818 until 1820
- Second Saudi State, existing from 1824 to 1891
- Shia state in the Middle Eastfrom 1090 until 1273
- Imamate of Mauritanian Thirty Years' Warfrom 1673 until 1674