Imamate
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The word Imamate has multiple meanings.
- Shi'a Imams - "leadership" according to Shi'a belief system.
- Imamah - An Islamic term referring to "leadership" of 12 Imams who followed Muhammad in leadership of Islam, according to twelver Shi'a belief.
- Imamate of Dagestan - a state during the early and mid 19th Century in the Eastern Caucasus.
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