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The termimamate orimamah (Arabic:إمامة,imāmah) means "leadership" and refers to the office of animam or a Muslim theocratic state ruled by animam.

• 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

• Caucasian Imamate, a state during the early and mid-19th century in the EasternCaucasus
• Imamate of Oman, a state existed in what is nowOman
• Imamate of Aussa, an early modern state inEthiopia
• Imamate of Futa Jallon, a state inWest Africa from 1725 until 1896
• Almamyate of Futa Toro, a state inWest 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 ofShia from 897 until 1962
• Rustamid Imamate, anIbadi Persian dynasty inNorth Africa from 767 until 909
• Imamate of Nafusa, a state inLibya from the 8th century until 911
• Mu'ammarid Imamate, a short-lived state after the fall of theFirst Saudi State from 1818 until 1820
• Imamate of Nejd, theSecond Saudi State, existing from 1824 to 1891
• Nizari Ismaili state, aShia state in theMiddle East from 1090 until 1273
• Imamate ofNasr ad-Din, a short-lived state during theMauritanian Thirty Years' War from 1673 until 1674

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