The Rashidun Caliphate

The rule of the first four caliphs after the Prophet, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali, when the community expanded from Arabia into the Levant, Iraq, Egypt and Iran.

130 events

  1. 627 CE · 6 AH† · siege

    Siege of Tbilisi

    Place: Tiflis

  2. 632 CE · 11 AH† · battle

    Battle of Abraq

  3. 632 CE · 11 AH† · battle

    Battle of Dhu Qissa

  4. 632 CE · 11 AH† · battle

    Battle of Zafar

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: Ha'il

    Part of: The Ridda Wars

  5. c. 632 CE · c. 11 AH · battle

    The Battle of Buzakha

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid · Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid

    Place: Ha'il

    Part of: The Ridda Wars

  6. c. 632 CE · c. 11 AH · battle

    The Killing of al-Aswad al-Ansi

    Commanders: Fayruz al-Daylami · al-Aswad al-Ansi

    Place: Sana'a

    Part of: The Ridda Wars

  7. c. 632 CE · c. 11 AH · war

    The Ridda Wars

    Commanders: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

    Place: Arabian Peninsula

  8. c. 632 CE · c. 11 AH · siege

    The Siege of al-Nujayr

    Place: al-Nujayr

    Part of: The Ridda Wars

  9. c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH† · campaign

    Abu Ubayd's Dispatch to Iraq

    Commanders: Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi

    Place: al-Hira

  10. c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH† · skirmish

    The March of al-Falalij and the Pursuit of Jaban at Tustar

    Place: Tustar

  11. c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH† · raid

    al-Nusayr and Hudhayfa's Raid toward Tikrit

    Place: Tikrit

  12. 633 CE · 12 AH† · battle

    Battle of Dawmat al-Jandal

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: Dumat al-Jandal

  13. 633 CE · 12 AH† · battle

    Battle of Ghamra

    Place: Ḥaʼil Province

  14. 633 CE · 12 AH† · battle

    Battle of Naqra

    Place: Riyadh

    Part of: The Ridda Wars

  15. 633 CE · 12 AH† · battle

    Battle of the River

    Place: Mesopotamia

  16. c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH† · battle

    The Fight at Ubulla

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: al-Ubulla

  17. c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH† · conquest

    The Conquest of al-Anbar and the Raid on Baghdad's Market

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid · جرير بن عبد الله البجلي

    Place: al-Anbar

  18. 634 CE · 13 AH† · siege

    Conquest of Damascus

    Place: Damascus

  19. 633 CE · 12 AH† · campaign

    Muslim conquest of Persia

    Place: Sasanian Empire

  20. 634 CE · 13 AH† · campaign

    Muslim conquest of the Levant

    Place: Near East

  21. c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH† · siege

    The Siege of Ayn al-Tamr and Its Church Captives

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: Ayn al-Tamr

  22. c. 634 CE · 12 AH · battle

    The Battle of Yamama

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid · Musaylima

    Place: al-Yamama

    Part of: The Ridda Wars

  23. 12 AH · conquest

    The Peace of al-Hira

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: al-Hira

  24. c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH · campaign

    The Conquest of Syria

  25. c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH · conquest

    Khalid Kills Ukaydir and Takes Dumat al-Jandal

    Place: Dumat al-Jandal

  26. c. 12 April 634 CE · 1 Muharram 13 AH · campaign

    The Dispatch of the Armies to Syria

  27. c. June 634 CE · Rabi' I 13 AH · campaign

    Khalid ibn al-Walid's March to Syria

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  28. c. 16 July 634 CE · 12 Rabi' II 13 AH · battle

    The Battle of Ajnadayn

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid · Amr ibn al-As

    Place: Ajnadayn

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  29. c. 30 Ramadan 13 AH · battle

    The Day of the Bridge

    Commanders: Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi

    Place: Baniqya

  30. c. January 635 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 13 AH · battle

    The Battle of Fihl

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  31. 635 CE · 14 AH† · battle

    Battle of Fahl

    Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah · Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: Jordan River

  32. 635 CE · 14 AH† · conquest

    Conquest of Homs

    Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah

  33. c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH · battle

    The Battle of al-Araba

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  34. c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH · battle

    The Battle of Dathin

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  35. c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Busra

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: Busra

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  36. c. February 635 CE · Muharram 14 AH · battle

    The Battle of Marj al-Suffar

    Commanders: Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As

    Place: Marj al-Suffar

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  37. c. 19 March 635 CE · Jumada I 14 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Damascus

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid · Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah

    Place: Damascus

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  38. c. 14 AH · battle

    The Day of Mihran, Being the Day of al-Buwayb

    Place: al-Buwayb

  39. c. 635 CE · c. 14 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Hims

    Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah

    Place: Hims (Emesa)

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  40. c. 635 CE · c. 14 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of al-Ladhiqiyya

    Place: al-Ladhiqiyya (Latakia)

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  41. 23 July 636 CE · 13 Jumada II 15 AH · skirmish

    The clash near al-Jabiya (15 AH / 636)

    Place: al-Jabiya

    Part of: Battle of the Yarmuk

  42. 15 AH · conquest

    Conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem)

    Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah

    Place: Jerusalem

  43. c. 636 CE · c. 15 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Qinnasrin

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: Qinnasrin

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  44. 637 CE · 16 AH† · siege

    Conquest of Aleppo

    Place: Aleppo

  45. 637 CE · 16 AH† · siege

    Siege of Jerusalem (637)

    Place: Jerusalem

  46. c. 637 CE · c. 16 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Antioch

    Place: Antioch

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  47. c. July 639 CE · Rajab 18 AH · campaign

    The Conquest of the Jazira

    Commanders: Iyad ibn Ghanm al-Fihri · Maysara ibn Masruq al-Absi

    Place: The Jazira

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  48. 640 CE · 19 AH† · battle

    Battle of Heliopolis

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As

    Place: Heliopolis

  49. 640 CE · 19 AH† · siege

    Siege of Dvin (640)

  50. c. 639 CE · c. 18 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Harran

    Commanders: Iyad ibn Ghanm al-Fihri

    Place: Harran

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira

  51. c. 637 CE · c. 18 AH · conquest

    The Taking and Settling of Mar'ash

    Place: Mar'ash (Germanikeia)

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira

  52. c. 639 CE · c. 18 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of al-Raqqa

    Commanders: Iyad ibn Ghanm al-Fihri

    Place: al-Raqqa

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira

  53. c. 639 CE · c. 18 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Edessa (al-Ruha)

    Commanders: Iyad ibn Ghanm al-Fihri

    Place: al-Ruha (Edessa)

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira

  54. c. October 640 CE · Shawwal 19 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Caesarea

    Place: Caesarea

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  55. c. 640 CE · 19 AH · battle

    Battle of al-Kiryawn

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As · Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As

    Place: Al-Kiryawn

    Part of: Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria

  56. c. 640 CE · 19 AH · battle

    Battle of Kom Sharik

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As · Sharik ibn Sumayy

    Place: Kom Sharik

    Part of: Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria

  57. c. 640 CE · 19 AH · siege

    Siege of Babylon Fortress

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As · al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam

    Place: بابليون مصر

    Part of: Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria

  58. c. January 640 CE · Muharram 20 AH · campaign

    Iyad's Incursion toward Khilat

    Commanders: Iyad ibn Ghanm al-Fihri · Maysara ibn Masruq al-Absi

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira

  59. 0641-07/0641-08 · Sha'ban 20 AH · conquest

    The conquest of Damietta and Tinnis as told in the Futuh al-Sham ascribed to al-Waqidi

    Commanders: al-Miqdad ibn Amr · Shata son of al-Bamrak, of Damietta

    Place: Damietta

    Part of: Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria

  60. c. 640 CE · c. 20 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Hit and the Euphrates Forts

    Commanders: Midlaj ibn Amr al-Sulami

    Place: Hit

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira

  61. c. 640 CE · c. 20 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Ra's al-Ayn

    Commanders: Umayr ibn Sa'd al-Ansari · Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: Ra's al-Ayn

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira

  62. c. 20 AH · conquest

    Amr's Four Lieutenants Carry the Fustat Terms through Egypt

    Place: Ayn Shams

  63. c. February 642 CE · 10 Rabi' I 21 AH · conquest

    The conquest of al-Bahnasa (as told in Futuh al-Sham)

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: al-Bahnasa

  64. 642 CE · 21 AH · battle

    The Battle of Nihawand (Fath al-Futuh)

    Commanders: Umar ibn al-Khattab

    Place: Nihawand

  65. c. 641 CE · c. 21 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Alexandria

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As

    Place: Alexandria

  66. 643 CE · 22 AH† · battle

    Battle of Yeghbark Sarak (643)

  67. 22 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Tripoli

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As

    Place: Tripoli (al-Gharb)

  68. c. 22 AH · conquest

    Uqba ibn Nafi's Charge over Zawila and the Marches to Barqa

    Place: Zawila

  69. between 644 and 656 CE · campaign

    Uthman consults the Companions on the campaign to Ifriqiya

    Commanders: Uthman ibn Affan

    Place: Ifriqiya

  70. c. 643 CE · c. 23 AH · conquest

    The Joint Conquests of Fars

    Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari · Uthman ibn Abi al-As

    Place: Fars

  71. 23? AH · battle

    The Roman Recapture of Alexandria and Its Recovery from Manuel

    Place: Alexandria

  72. c. 645 CE · 24 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Qumm and Qashan

    Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: Qumm

  73. c. 645 CE · c. 25 AH · conquest

    The Taking of Qaliqala and the Opening of Armenia

    Commanders: Uthman ibn Affan

    Place: Qaliqala (Theodosiopolis/Erzurum)

  74. c. 645 CE · c. 25 AH · campaign

    Habib ibn Maslama's Circuit of Armenia

    Place: Armenia

    Part of: The Taking of Qaliqala and the Opening of Armenia

  75. c. 645 CE · c. 25 AH · campaign

    Salman al-Khayl's Reinforcement and the Spoils Dispute

    Place: Qaliqala (Theodosiopolis/Erzurum)

  76. 647 CE · 26 AH† · battle

    Battle of Artsap (647)

  77. 647 CE · 26 AH† · conquest

    Battle of Sufetula

    Place: Sufetula

  78. c. 646 CE · c. 26 AH · campaign

    Salman al-Khayl's Campaign in Arran and the Caucasus

    Commanders: Uthman ibn Affan

    Place: Arran

  79. c. 647 CE · c. 27 AH · conquest

    The Conquest of Shimshat

    Commanders: Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri · Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal

    Place: Shimshat (Arsamosata)

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira

  80. 27? AH · campaign

    The First Raid on Ifriqiya and the Killing of Its Patrikios

    Commanders: Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh · Uthman ibn Affan

    Place: Ifriqiya

  81. c. 648 CE · 28 AH · raid

    The First Raid on Cyprus

    Place: Cyprus

  82. 29 AH · conquest

    Conquest of Tabaristan

    Commanders: Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Umayya

    Place: Tabaristan

  83. 652 CE · 31 AH† · battle

    Battle of Balanjar

    Place: Balanjar

  84. c. 651 CE · 31 AH · battle

    The Battle of Dhat al-Sawari (31 AH)

  85. c. 652 CE · 32 AH · battle

    The Defeat at Balanjar (32 AH)

    Place: Balanjar

  86. c. 653 CE · 32 AH · revolt

    Qarin's revolt in Khurasan (32 AH)

  87. c. 653 CE · 33 AH · raid

    The Second Raid on Cyprus

    Place: Cyprus

  88. 654 CE · 33 AH† · battle

    Battle of Caesarea (654)

    Place: Caesarea of Cappadocia

  89. 656 CE · 35 AH† · siege

    Ali's stance during the siege of Uthman

    Place: Medina

  90. 656 CE · 35 AH† · siege

    Siege of Uthman

    Place: Medina Province

  91. 36 AH · campaign

    Ali's muster at Dhi Qar

    Place: Dhi Qar

  92. 658 CE · 38 AH · revolt

    Al-Khirit ibn Rashid's revolt (38–39 AH)

  93. 660 CE · 40 AH · raid

    Busr ibn Abi Artat's raid through the Hijaz and Yemen (40 AH)

  94. · campaign

    Abu Bakr's Sortie to Naq' and Khalid's Command

  95. · conquest

    Balkh's Sulh and al-Ahnaf's Khwarizm March

    Commanders: al-Ahnaf ibn Qays

    Place: Balkh

  96. · battle

    al-Ahnaf's Battle in Tukharistan

    Commanders: al-Ahnaf ibn Qays

    Place: Marw al-Rudh

  97. · raid

    al-Harith ibn Murra's Qiqan Raid and Death

    Place: al-Qiqan

  98. · conquest

    al-Aqra' ibn Habis Takes Juzjan

    Commanders: al-Aqra' ibn Habis al-Tamimi · al-Ahnaf ibn Qays

    Place: al-Juzjan

  99. · conquest

    Arab conquest of Kaikan

  100. · battle

    Battle of Rayshahr and Shahrak's Death

    Commanders: al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi

    Place: Rayshahr

  101. · conquest

    Conquest of al-Fayyum

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As

    Place: Al-Fayyum

    Part of: Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria

  102. · conquest

    Conquest of Azerbaijan

    Commanders: Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman · Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami

    Place: Azerbaijan

  103. · conquest

    The Conquest of al-Dinawar, Masabadhan and Mihrajanqadhaf

    Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: al-Dinawar

  104. · conquest

    The Conquest of Hamadhan

    Commanders: جرير بن عبد الله البجلي · al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba

    Place: Hamadhan

  105. · conquest

    The Conquest of Hulwan and Qarmasin

    Commanders: جرير بن عبد الله البجلي · Uzra ibn Qays al-Bajali

    Place: Hulwan

  106. · conquest

    The Conquest of Isbahan

    Commanders: Abdallah ibn Budayl · Umar ibn al-Khattab

    Place: Isbahan

  107. · conquest

    Conquest of Jur

    Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir

    Place: Jur

  108. · conquest

    Conquest of Maysan

    Commanders: al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba

    Place: Maysan

  109. · conquest

    Conquest of Mosul

    Commanders: Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami

    Place: Mosul

  110. · conquest

    Conquest of Qazwin

    Commanders: al-Bara' ibn Azib

    Place: Qazwin

  111. · conquest

    The Conquest of Rayy and Qumis

    Commanders: Urwa ibn Zayd al-Khayl al-Ta'i · Hanzala ibn Zayd

    Place: Rayy

  112. · conquest

    Conquest of Sabur

    Commanders: Uthman ibn Abi al-As · Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: Sabur (Bishapur)

  113. · conquest

    Conquest of Shahrazur, al-Samaghan and Darabadh

    Commanders: Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami

    Place: Shahrazur

  114. · conquest

    Conquest of Surraq

    Commanders: Haritha ibn Badr al-Ghudani · Abd Allah ibn Amir

    Place: Surraq

  115. · conquest

    Conquest of Tawwaj

    Commanders: al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi · Uthman ibn Abi al-As

    Place: Tawwaj

  116. · conquest

    Conquest of al-Ubulla and al-Furat

    Commanders: Utba ibn Ghazwan

    Place: al-Ubulla

  117. · conquest

    The Forced Taking of Istakhr

    Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir · Mahak

    Place: Istakhr

  118. · conquest

    The Conquest of Naysabur

    Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir

    Place: Nishapur

  119. · raid

    The First Crossing of the Darb

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  120. · campaign

    Ibn Amir's Opening of Khurasan

    Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir · al-Ahnaf ibn Qays

    Place: Quhistan

  121. · conquest

    Ibn Samura's Campaign and the Zur Idol

    Commanders: Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura

    Place: Jabal al-Zur

  122. · conquest

    Conquest of Kirman

    Commanders: مجاشع بن مسعود السلمي · Abd Allah ibn Amir

    Place: Kirman

  123. · campaign

    Qays's Balkh Campaign and Nawbahar's Ruin

    Commanders: Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami

    Place: Balkh

  124. · campaign

    Qays ibn al-Haytham's Tukharistan March

    Commanders: Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami

    Place: Siminjan

  125. · conquest

    Ramhurmuz's Breach and Reconquest

    Commanders: Abu Maryam al-Hanafi

    Place: Ramhurmuz

  126. · conquest

    Conquest of al-Sus

    Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: al-Sus (Shush)

  127. · conquest

    Conquest of Manadhir

    Commanders: al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi · Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: Manadhir

  128. · campaign

    al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad's Sijistan Campaign

    Commanders: al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi · Aparwiz, Marzban of Zaranj

    Place: Sijistan

  129. · revolt

    The Habata Unrest in Sijistan

    Place: Sijistan

  130. · raid

    Uthman ibn Abi al-As's Raids on Tana and the Indian Coast

    Commanders: Uthman ibn Abi al-As · Umar ibn al-Khattab

    Place: Tana