Rashidun Caliphate
الخلافة الراشدة
June 632 CE · Rabi' I 11 AH† – 28 July 661 CE · 24 Rabi' I 41 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
A caliphate established in 632 CE and ended in 661 CE; its capital was Kufa, then Medina.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia · Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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In time
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Connections
- Opposed by
- al-Aswad al-AnsiSajah bint al-HarithTulayha ibn Khuwaylid
- Predecessor of
- Umayyad Caliphate
People and things also explored
Banu Asad ibn KhuzaymaBanu TamimKhalid ibn al-WalidMusaylimaSana'aYemenAbbasid Caliphateal-Aswad al-Ansi
Sources
- Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Rashidun Caliphate”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/rashidun-caliphate/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.