Sunni Islam had, for most of its existence, been led (in theory) by a Caliph, the spiritual successor to the Prophey Muhammad. Yet, today there isn't one and hasn't been a widely recognised Caliph since 1924. But why not? Why hasn't any one tried to proclaim themselves Caliph? To find out why watch this short and simple animated history documentary. https://twitter.com/HistMattersYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: Daniel Galgano Fox2012 Ethan Godden Robyn Kitchen Southside Mitch Hasmuffin John Azlow the Lion Andrew Partington Michael Kram Ryan Schindeler Franco La Bruna אורי פרקש So long, john kevinh Tino David Brown Scott P Aaron Conaway Chase Labiste Kevin Phoenix Ian Smith Dan Reiher Chris Weisel Brian Giordano anon Ian Jensen Leena Al-Souki Richard Wolfe Nicholas Menghini Mickey Landen James Nile Jeremy Arghhhhh sharpie660 Dragan Robert Brockway Curt Helmerich Dullis Alex G. Burt Clothier Ainar Garipov Dexter_McAaron Pat Stahl Alexander Washofsky Mantodea Andrew Niedbala Wolf Tyler Jenkins General Beauregard Lee Alex Kihurani zockotron Juan Castillo Paul Franche Phil and Lisa Toland Oliver Jenner Qi Xiao Andreas Mosand Porkmeister KNSTRKTVST Hedrin Adrian Marine Shawn Morse Victor Warmflash SirAlpaka Matthew Toles Jeremy Ryan Haber John Garcia Tat Tvam Asi Hexapuma Bernardo Santos Scott O'Donnell Joel Cromwell Heytun ScottishTrekkie Benjamin Bowring Nathan Snyder Joseph Reinsch Marty Myers Rod D. Martin Robert Mitchell Jane Sumpter Steven Gibson Roan Haggerty epic4 Clayton Schuman Cody Yarger BattleGoat Studios Justin Pratt Yuichiro Kakutani Tristan Kreller Käs Zach Rust Yick Chung Allen Rines Riley davidson Keith A. Layton Warren Rudkin Christopher Godfrey Joseph Kerckhoff Justin Pears