Abstract:

The caliphate, which started with Abu Bakr, turned into a sultanate after al-Mu'âwiya came to power. This fact being transformed into an account has been related as "The Caliphate lasts thirty years, afterwards it will change into a sul-tanate." The sultanate which was originally derived from the Persian and By-zantine administration has been tried to base on religious texts (nass), regard-less of historical and political circumstances. The various views have been claimed in the frame of accounts in question. In this study, it has been ex-amined, by considering the hadith and historical events, whether the Prophet pointed at the emergence of sultanate or not.

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