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: I brought up the caliphate because it is my
: understanding that at the time of Ataturk's
: abolition of the monarchy, there was a sort
: of implication that the caliphate would
: remain in the person of the head of the
: House of Osman. Obviously, this did not pan
: out because the caliphate itself was
: subsequently abolished. But if anyone knows
: of any alternative method for choosing a
: hypothetical next caliph that was put
: forward between the two abolitions, I would
: be interested to know it. I do know that the
: Nizam of Hyderabad toyed with assuming that
: mantle in the 1930s-40s.
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: Scholars at the al-Ashar University in Egypt
: summoned a meeting in 1924 in order to elect
: a new Caliph. Their plan was to have the
: King of Egypt elected. But before that, the
: King of Hijaz was proclaimed Caliph.
: However, in the same year, the Kingdom of
: Hijaz was defeated by Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud
: (the King to be of Saudi-Arabia) and the
: King of Hijaz was forced into exile. At the
: end of the day, no Caliph was selected.
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