The term imamate or imamah (Arabic: إمامة, imāmah) means "leadership" and refers to the office of an imam or a Muslim theocratic state ruled by an imam.
Theology[edit]
- Imamate, in Sunni doctrine the caliphate
- Sayyid ul Sadaatiyya Imamate, under the household of Hazrat Ishaan (Dakik Family)
- Imamate in Shia doctrine, the doctrine of the leadership of the Muslim community. For specific Shia sects, see:
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- Caucasian Imamate, a state during the early and mid-19th century in the Eastern Caucasus
- Imamate of Oman, a state existed in what is now Oman
- Imamate of Aussa, an early modern state in Ethiopia
- Imamate of Futa Jallon, a state in West Africa from 1725 until 1896
- Almamyate of Futa Toro, a state in West Africa from 1776 until 1861
- Hiraab Imamate, a Somali state in the 17th and 18th centuries
- Imams of Yemen, political leadership of the Zaidi branch of Shia from 897 until 1962
- Rustamid Imamate, an Ibadi Persian dynasty in North Africa from 767 until 909
- Imamate of Nafusa, a state in Libya from the 8th century until 911
- Mu'ammarid Imamate, a short-lived state after the fall of the First Saudi State from 1818 until 1820
- Imamate of Nejd, the Second Saudi State, existing from 1824 to 1891
- Nizari Ismaili state, a Shia state in the Middle East from 1090 until 1273
- Imamate of Nasr ad-Din, a short-lived state during the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War from 1673 until 1674