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The caliphate created a bureaucracy where only Muslims held all positions of power. Option A is correct.
A caliphate refers to an Islamic state under the leadership of an Islamic steward known as calipha, a person considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entire ummah (community).
Bureaucracy refers to a body of non-elective government officials as well as an administrative policy-making group.
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