anticaliph means someone who has the pretence of forming a government featuring the real caliph, as opposed to another caliphate claiming to succeed of Muhammad under a caliph. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
Etymology
From anti- + caliph.
noun
- Someone who has the pretence of forming a government featuring the real caliph, as opposed to another caliphate claiming to succeed of Muhammad under a caliph.“Already notorious for his harshness, it was he who had masterminded the defeat of the anti-caliph.”