In the Arabian Gulf, the religious breed and scholars do not even talk about khilafat for most part, for at least within the social terms the job of khilafat is being fulfilled, people get amenities and security, the leaders have provided convenience of practicing the religion. The Turkish Khilafat was anything but the Khilafat, a name tag. Hell, even the Hajj logistics and copious provisions were provided by Nawab of Deccan and other magnates.
Installing Khalifat thru a process is a fad, a Kahlifah after rashidoon ones could only emerge as a righteous man who does not seek lead role, but people forward him to it, more like Shah Ismail Shaheed, even then he would be a local guy. So, a guy who can lead from West Africa to the Far East is probably only Christ AS because according to sunni school even Mahdi as Khakifah is subject to debate.
