Caliphs Quotes
- At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria used two stamps… — Nils Kjaer
- Khalif (Caliph) Al-Ma'mun's period of rule (813 - 833 C.E.) may be considered the 'golden age' of science and learning. He had always been devoted… — John Bagot Glubb
- ...until the Crusades Islam was indistinguishable from Judaism and... only then did it receive its independent character, while Muhammad and the first Caliphs are mythical… — Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov
- Real bibliophiles do not put their books on shelves for people to look at or handle. They have no desire to show off their darlings,… — Robertson Davies
- "Pay him what was promised", said the caliph. "And put out his eyes." — John Brunner
- If Abu Bakr is dead and Umar is Caliph, then we hear and obey. — Khalid ibn al-Walid