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{{expand Arabic, date=April 2021 The term imamate or ''imamah'' ( ar, إمامة, ''imāmah'') means "leadership" and refers to the office of an ''imam'' or a state ruled by an ''imam''. Theology *Imamate, in Sunni doctrine the caliphate :* Naqshbandi Sufi Imamate, under the household of Hazrat Ishaan *Imamate in Shia doctrine, the doctrine of the leadership of the Muslim community. For specific Shia sects, see: :*Imamate in Twelver doctrine :*Imamate in Ismaili doctrine :*Imamate in Nizari doctrine Politics *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 Africa from 1776 until 1861 *Hiraab Imamate, a Somali state in the 17th and 18th centuries *Imams of Yemen The Imams of Yemen, later also titled the Kings of Yemen, were r ...
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Caucasian Imamate
The Caucasian Imamate, also known as the Caucasus Imamate ( ar, إمامة القوقاز, translit=Imamat Al-Qawqaz), was a state established by the imams in Dagestan and Chechnya during the early-to-mid 19th century in the North Caucasus, to fight against the Russian Empire during the Caucasian War, where Russia sought to conquer the Caucasus in order to secure communications with its new territories south of the mountains. Background Previously in the Northeast Caucasus, there had, since recordable history, been a large array of states. Caucasian Albania had existed in Southern Dagestan, for most of its history being a vassal under the direct rule of the Parthians and later the Sasanid Persians, but eventually, the majority converted to Islam following the Muslim conquest of Persia, as their overlords did. Traveling Arabs proved to be instrumental in this, and after they left, they relinquished the new Muslim states of Lezghia (centered in the Islamic learning cente ...
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Hiraab Imamate
The Hiraab Imamate ( so, Saldanadda Hiraab) also known as the Yacquubi Dynasty was a Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the late 17th century and 19th century until it was incorporated into Italian Somaliland. The Imamate was governed by the Yacquub Dynasty. It was founded by Imam Omar who successfully rebelled and defeated the Ajuran and established an independent kingdom. History Establishment The Hiraab Imamate was the successor state of the Ajuran Sultanate. The reason for their rebellion was the Ajuran rulers, in the end, became extremely prideful, neglected the sharia, and imposed a heavy taxation on their subjects which was the main reason for the rebellion. The first clan(qabbil) to ever challenge the Ajuuraan rulers was the Darandoolle clan a section of Hiraab. ''The Ajuuraan had decreed: “At the wells in our territory, the people known as Darandoolle and the other Hiraab cannot water their herds by day, but only at night.” … Then all ...
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