what is wilayat in islam in urdu?
A wilayah (Arabic: ولاية‎, wilāya, plural wilāyat, wilayat; Urdu and Persian: ولایت‎, velâyat; Turkish: vilayet) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as "governorate". ... Under the Caliphate, the term referred to any constituent near-sovereign state.