The Rashidun Caliphate
عصر الخلفاء الراشدين
632 CE · 11 AH – 661 CE · 41 AH
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.
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- Arabia
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Sources
- Hodgson, The Venture of Islam (1974)
- Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples (1991)
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