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The 22 pages that link to Bay'ah, each with the reason it gives.

• Abu BakrRelated: Allegiance to Abu Bakr formalized his authority as caliph.

• CaliphateRelated: Pledges of allegiance could publicly affirm a caliph’s accession and authority.

• Succession to MuhammadRelated: Pledges of allegiance made claims to leadership publicly binding.

• Sufi ordersRelated: The pledge can mark a follower's formal entry into a teacher's circle.

• SultanRelated: This pledge expressed recognition of a sultan’s authority by subjects or political elites.

• ShuraRelated: Consultative selection may be followed by a pledge that publicly recognizes a leader.

• Usman dan FodioRelated: Pledges of allegiance helped establish leadership and political unity within the movement.

• Abd Allah ibn al-ZubayrRelated: Allegiance from regional groups helped turn his claim into practical authority.

• SaqifahRelated: The pledge to Abu Bakr turned the meeting’s decision into a claim to leadership.

• SilsilaRelated: A disciple’s pledge commonly marks entry into the teacher’s lineage.

• ZaydismRelated: Allegiance helps turn a claimant’s qualifications and public call into recognized leadership.

• Alaouite dynastyRelated: Moroccan rulers used this pledge to formalize political recognition by communities and elites.

• CaliphRelated: Pledges of allegiance could publicly affirm a caliph’s accession.

• ImamateRelated: Sunni political leadership has often been linked to allegiance, unlike Shia doctrines of divine designation.

• Talha ibn Ubayd AllahRelated: Disputes over allegiance to Ali formed part of the conflict surrounding Talha’s final campaign.

• TariqaRelated: A disciple may formally enter a tariqa through a pledge to its guide.

• Ibn TumartRelated: Almohad followers' allegiance to Ibn Tumart helped turn his religious authority into leadership.

• Mohammed VIRelated: Moroccan officials renew this pledge to the king, expressing a traditional basis of monarchical legitimacy.

• The Ten Promised ParadiseRelated: Allegiance and leadership disputes shaped the later lives of several members.

• Abbas ibn Abd al-MuttalibRelated: Allegiance to Muhammad and later caliphs framed the political loyalties surrounding Abbas’s family.

• Muhammad bin Saud Al MuqrinRelated: Allegiance helped translate Diriyah’s local authority into political expansion.