The word Imamate has multiple meanings.

• Shi'a Imams - "leadership" according to Shi'a belief system.

• Imamah - An Islamic term referring to "leadership" of 12 Imams who followed Muhammad in leadership of Islam, according to twelver Shi'a belief.

• Imamate of Dagestan - a state during the early and mid 19th Century in the Eastern Caucasus.