Note 128 — APPENDICES. (continued 3)

Many words denoting proximity, become honorifics, such as “Sherîf” (Shereef), “Hazrat,” “Jenáb,” etc. “Khalîfah” is one who succeeds, or follows, or is a deputy. Strictly speaking, this title refers to the Sultan of Turkey as the successor of the Prophet Muhammad in the temporal headship of the Sunnis, but even the successor of the heretical Mahdi in the Sudán calls himself “Khalifa.”