State632–661
Rashidun Caliphate
The caliphate of Muhammad’s first four successors — Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali (632–661). Its armies conquered Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Persia; it ended in civil war and gave way to the Umayyads.
- Dates
- 632 – 661
- Events
- 10 events
- Regions
- Balkans and Anatolia, Middle East and Egypt, Africa, Central and Northern Asia
- In the threads
- Early medieval Europe (500–1000), Middle East and Egypt (6th–10th c.), Africa (6th–10th c.), Central Asia and the steppe (6th–10th c.)
Events
- Reign of Heraclius5 October 610 – 11 February 641 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Battle of the Yarmuk15–20 August 636 · Middle East and Egypt
- Plague of Amwas638–639 · Middle East and Egypt
- Arab conquest of EgyptDecember 639 – September 642 · Middle East and Egypt
- Arab conquest of Persia and the fall of the Sasanian Empire633 – between 651 and 652 · Middle East and Egypt
- Uthman’s standard codex of the Qur’anc. 650 · Middle East and Egypt
- Siege of Dongola and the Baqt treatybetween 651 and 652 · Africa
- Yazdegerd III is killed near Merv: the end of the Sasanian Empirebetween 651 and 652 · Central and Northern Asia
- First Fitna and the rise of the UmayyadsJune 656 – 661 · Middle East and Egypt
- Arab conquest of the Maghreb647–709 · Africa
Often together with
Amr ibn al-AsByzantine EmpireUmar ibn al-KhattabHeracliusMu'awiya ISasanian EmpireUthman ibn AffanAbd Allah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi SarhKhalid ibn al-WalidUmayyad CaliphateYazdegerd IIIAbd al-Malik ibn Marwan