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{{short description|Former Islamic caliphate in 14th century Sur}}
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{{Infobox former country
| native_name            = {{Script/Nastaliq|الخلافة في جنوب الدلتين}}<br />{{nobold|''al-Khīlafat fi Janub al-Dilatayn''}}
| conventional_long_name = Caliphate of the Southern Deltinians
| common_name            = Aljanub Caliphate
| image_flag             = Mameluke Flag.svg
| flag_alt               = Flag of the Aljanub Caliphate
| image_flag2            = Flag of Ayyubid Dynasty.svg
| flag_alt2              = Flag of the Aljanub Caliphate
| flag_type              = Flags used by the Aljanub Caliphate
| image_map              = [[File:Deltinian rump states with capitals.png|250px|center|The Aljanub Caliphate (yellow) in 1326.]]
| image_map_alt          = The Aljanub Caliphate (yellow) in 1326.
| image_map_caption      = The Aljanub Caliphate (yellow) in 1326.
| capital                = [[Qalajanubia]]
| common_languages       = [[Deltinian language|Deltinian]]
| religion               = [[Deltinian Islam]]
| demonym                = {{plainlist|
* Aljanubian
* Aljanubi Deltinians
}}
| government_type        = Caliphate
| era                    = [[Creeperian Crusade]]
| event_start            = Proclaimed
| date_start             = 1 July
| year_start             = 1326
| event_end              = [[Siege of Qalajanubia|Fall of Qalajanubia]]
| date_end               = 9 September
| year_end               = 1331
| leader1                = [[Gul Zar Darzada|Yusuf I Darzada]]
| year_leader1           = 1326–1331
| title_leader           = [[Caliph of Deltino|Caliph]]
| currency               = [[Deltinian Dirham|Dirham]]
| iso3166code            = omit
| p1                     = Caliphate of Deltino{{!}}Deltino
| flag_p1                = Abbasid banner.svg
| s1                     = Creeperopolis
| flag_s1                = Creeperopolis1326.png
| today                  = {{flag|Creeperopolis}}
}}

The '''Caliphate of the Southern Deltinians''' ([[Deltinian language|Deltinian]]: {{Script/Nastaliq|الخلافة في جنوب الدلتين}}; <small>[[Iberic script|transliterated]]:</small> {{transl|ar|DIN|al-Khīlafat fi Janub al-Dilatayn}}), more commonly known as the '''Aljanub Caliphate''' (Deltinian: {{Script/Nastaliq|خلافة الجنوب}}; <small>transliterated:</small> {{transl|ar|DIN|‘Khīlafat al-Janub}}), was a [[Deltinian rump states|rump state]] of the [[Caliphate of Deltino]].

In June 1326, the 607-year reign of the Caliphate of Deltino was ended by the [[Creeperopolis|Kingdom of Creeperopolis]] after the [[Fall of Almadinat Almuqadasa|fall]] of [[Almadinat Almuqadasa]], the caliphate's capital city since the yer 875. In the wake of the caliphate's fall and the death of its caliph, [[Sayel VI bin Abu Arshad]], one of the caliph's generals, [[Gul Zar Darzada]], proclaimed himself as [[Caliph of Deltino|caliph]] and the successor of Sayel VI, proclaiming the establishment of a new caliphate in the southern outskirts of Deltino's former territories. Al-Dhahir was recognized as caliph by the vast majority of [[Deltinian Islam|Deltinian Muslims]] under his direct control, and under the control of three allied states which bordered his realm: the emirates of [[Emirate of Abdan|Abdan]], [[Emirate of Helam|Helam]], and [[Emirate of Jakiz|Jakiz]].

== Etymology ==

The official name of the caliphate was the ''Caliphate of the Southern Deltinians'' ([[Deltinian language|Deltinian]]: {{Script/Nastaliq|الخلافة في جنوب الدلتين}}; <small>[[Iberic script|transliterated]]:</small> {{transl|ar|DIN|al-Khīlafat fi Janub al-Dilatayn}}). Modern historians simply refer to the caliphate as the '''Aljanub Caliphate''' (Deltinian: {{Script/Nastaliq|خلافة الجنوب}}; <small>transliterated:</small> {{transl|ar|DIN|‘Khīlafat al-Janub}}), with Aljanub meaning "Southern." Although it should be properly rendered as "al-Janub," contemporary Creeperian scribes transliterated the Deltinian term as "Aljanub" instead, and their rendition of the term has remained as the "proper" historical way to refer to the caliphate.

== Establishment ==

[[File:Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya II ibn Yazid. AH 64 AD 683-684.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A silver dirham of Caliph [[Gul Zar Darzada]] dated to {{circa}} 1330/31. Al-Dhahir was the first and only recognized Deltinian caliph to depict himself on dirhams minted during his reign.]]

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== War with Creeperopolis ==

== Fall ==

== Legacy ==

== Caliph ==

{| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center"
! colspan="3" | Caliph 
! colspan="2" width="200px" | Reign
|-
| bgcolor="#DDDDDD" rowspan="2" | '''–'''
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya II ibn Yazid. AH 64 AD 683-684.jpg|120px|Yusuf I Darzada bin al-Janub]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Gul Zar Darzada|{{small|{{transl|ar|DIN|Khalīfah, Amir al-Mu'minin, Jiniral Liwa‘}}}}<br />'''Yusuf I Darzada bin al-Janub''']]<br />({{Script/Nastaliq|يوسف الظاهر}})<br />{{small|(1268–1331)}}
| class="nowrap" rowspan="1" | {{small|1 July}}<br />1326
| class="nowrap" rowspan="1" | {{small|9 September}}<br />1331
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal" | {{age in years and days|1326|07|01|1331|09|09}}
|}

== See also ==

* [[Deltinian rump states]]
** [[Emirate of Abdan]]
** [[Emirate of Helam]]
** [[Emirate of Jakiz]]

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[[Category:Creeperopolis Terraconserva]]
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