{{Short description|Theological or political status in Islam}} {{expand Arabic|date=April 2021}} {{For|a turban that Muslim men wear|Ammama}}
The term '''imamate''' or '''''imamah''''' ({{langx|ar|إمامة}}, ''imāmah'') means "leadership" and refers to the office of an '''''imam''''' or a Muslim theocratic state ruled by an ''imam''.<ref>{{Cite book |author-link=Wilferd Madelung |first=Wilferd |last=Madelung |chapter=Imamate |editor-last=Eliade |editor-first=Mircea |chapter-url=http://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofre07elia |title=The Encyclopedia of Religion |editor-last2=Adams |editor-first2=Charles J. |date=1987 |publisher=Macmillan |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-02-909480-8 |volume=7 |pages=114–122}}</ref>
==Theology== *Imamate in Shia doctrine, the doctrine of the leadership of the Muslim community in Shia Islam. For specific Shia sects, see: **Imamate in Twelver doctrine **Imamate in Ismaili doctrine ***Imamate in Nizari doctrine ***Tayyibi Isma'ilism **Imamate in Zaydi doctrine
==List== *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 *Imamate 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
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