Question

Which term, meaning "successor" in Arabic, refers to a political and religious leader of Islam after Muhammed's death?

A. Caliph
B.Jihad
C. Muslim
D.Shi'ite

Answer 1

it will be embarrassing if i get this wrong considering i’m arabic, but i think it is D

Answer 2

A)caliph..............

the chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad. The caliph ruled in Baghdad until 1258 and then in Egypt until the Ottoman conquest of 1517; the title was then held by the Ottoman sultans until it was abolished in 1924 by Atatürk