Aljanub Caliphate

Caliphate of the Southern Deltinians الخلافة في جنوب الدلتين al-Khīlafat fi Janub al-Dilatayn
1326–1331
Flags used by the Aljanub Caliphate
The Aljanub Caliphate (yellow) in 1326.
Capital	Qalajanubia
Common languages	Deltinian
Religion	Deltinian Islam
Demonym(s)	Aljanubian Aljanubi Deltinians
Government	Caliphate
Caliph
• 1326–1331	Yusuf I al-Dhahir
Historical era	Creeperian Crusade
• Proclaimed	1 July 1326
• Fall of Qalajanubia	9 September 1331
Currency	Dirham
Preceded by Succeeded by Deltino Creeperopolis 20px
Today part of	Creeperopolis

The Caliphate of the Southern Deltinians (Deltinian: الخلافة في جنوب الدلتين; transliterated: al-Khīlafat fi Janub al-Dilatayn), more commonly known as the Aljanub Caliphate (Deltinian: خلافة الجنوب; transliterated: ‘Khīlafat al-Janub), was a rump state of the Caliphate of Deltino.

In June 1326, the 607-year reign of the Caliphate of Deltino was ended by the Kingdom of Creeperopolis after the 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, Salim VI bin Abu Arshad, one of the caliph's generals, Yusuf al-Dhahir, proclaimed himself as caliph and the successor of Salim 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 Muslims under his direct control, and under the control of three allied states which bordered his realm: the emirates of Abdan, Helam, and Jakiz.

Etymology

The official name of the caliphate was the Caliphate of the Southern Deltinians (Deltinian: الخلافة في جنوب الدلتين; transliterated: al-Khīlafat fi Janub al-Dilatayn). Modern historians simply refer to the caliphate as the Aljanub Caliphate (Deltinian: خلافة الجنوب; transliterated: ‘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

A silver dirham of Caliph Yusuf al-Dhahir dated to c. 1330/31. Al-Dhahir was the first and only recognized Deltinian caliph to depict himself on dirhams minted during his reign.

Caliph

Caliph			Reign
–		Khalīfah, Amir al-Mu'minin, Jiniral Liwa‘ Yusuf I al-Dhahir bin al-Janub (يوسف الظاهر) (1268–1331)	1 July 1326	9 September 1331
			5 years, 70 days

See also

• Deltinian rump states
  • Emirate of Abdan
  • Emirate of Helam
  • Emirate of Jakiz