Rashidun Caliphate

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Caliphate Former country Historical Islamic state

The Rashidun Caliphate was the first Islamic caliphate established after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, rapidly expanding Arab Muslim rule across the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Asia under the leadership of the “Rightly Guided” caliphs.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form As subject As object
Arab Rashidun Caliphate 0 1
Caliphate of Abu Bakr 0 1
Caliphate of Ali 0 1
Caliphate of Umar 0 1
Caliphate of Uthman 0 1
Rashidun 0 1
Rashidun Caliphate Egypt 0 1
Rightly Guided Caliphate 0 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Caliphate →
Former country →
Historical Islamic state →
alsoKnownAs Rashidun Caliphate →
surface form: Rightly Guided Caliphate
capital Kufa →
Medina →
continent Africa →
Asia →
currency Dinar →
Dirham →
dissolvedBy Establishment of Umayyad Caliphate →
endTime 661 →
establishedAfter Death of Muhammad →
firstLeader Caliph Abu Bakr →
surface form: Abu Bakr
followedBy Umayyad Caliphate →
follows Muhammad →
governmentForm Caliphate →
hasLeader Caliph Abu Bakr →
surface form: Abu Bakr

Ali ibn Abi Talib →
Umar ibn al-Khattab →
Caliph Uthman ibn Affan →
surface form: Uthman ibn Affan
hasMotto There is no god but God; Muhammad is the messenger of God →
hasPart Rashidun Caliphate self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Caliphate of Abu Bakr

Rashidun Caliphate self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Caliphate of Ali

Rashidun Caliphate self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Caliphate of Umar

Rashidun Caliphate self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Caliphate of Uthman
languageUsed Arabic →
leaderTitle Caliph →
legalSystem Sharia →
surface form: Islamic law
legislativeBody Shura Council →
surface form: Shura
namedAfter Rashidun Caliphate self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Rashidun
numberOfCaliphs 4 →
precededBy Muhammad →
religion Islam →
significantEvent Battle of Qadisiyyah →
Battle of Yarmouk →
First Fitna →
Muslim conquest of Egypt →
Muslim conquest of Persia →
Muslim conquest of the Levant →
Ridda Wars →
startTime 632 →
territoryIncludes Arabian Peninsula →
Armenia →
Caucasus →
Egypt →
Iraq →
Levant region →
surface form: Levant

North Africa →
Persia →

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rashidun Caliphate → alsoKnownAs → Rashidun Caliphate →
this entity surface form: Rightly Guided Caliphate
Heraclius → associatedWith → Rashidun Caliphate →
Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad → associatedWith → Rashidun Caliphate →
Caliph Uthman ibn Affan → associatedWith → Rashidun Caliphate →
subject surface form: Uthman ibn Affan
Muslim conquest of Egypt → belligerent → Rashidun Caliphate →
Arab–Byzantine wars → conflictBetween → Rashidun Caliphate →
Heraclian dynasty → conflictWith → Rashidun Caliphate →
Antioch → conqueredBy → Rashidun Caliphate →
Antioch on the Orontes → conqueredBy → Rashidun Caliphate →
this entity surface form: Arab Rashidun Caliphate
Caliph Abu Bakr → dynasty → Rashidun Caliphate →
subject surface form: Abu Bakr
Aisha bint Abi Bakr → era → Rashidun Caliphate →
Husayn ibn Ali → era → Rashidun Caliphate →
Byzantine Egypt → followedBy → Rashidun Caliphate →
this entity surface form: Rashidun Caliphate Egypt
Sasanian Empire → followedBy → Rashidun Caliphate →
Basra → foundedBy → Rashidun Caliphate →
Islamic Caliphates → hasComponent → Rashidun Caliphate →
Islamic world → hasHistoricEmpire → Rashidun Caliphate →
Early Islamic period → hasPart → Rashidun Caliphate →
Rashidun Caliphate → hasPart → Rashidun Caliphate self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Caliphate of Abu Bakr
Rashidun Caliphate → hasPart → Rashidun Caliphate self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Caliphate of Umar
Rashidun Caliphate → hasPart → Rashidun Caliphate self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Caliphate of Uthman
Rashidun Caliphate → hasPart → Rashidun Caliphate self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Caliphate of Ali
Palestine → historicalControlBy → Rashidun Caliphate →
Arabs → historicalEmpire → Rashidun Caliphate →
Kharijism → historicalPeriod → Rashidun Caliphate →
Kufa → historicalPeriod → Rashidun Caliphate →
Rashidun Caliphate → namedAfter → Rashidun Caliphate self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Rashidun
Umayyad Caliphate → precededBy → Rashidun Caliphate →
Quraysh → providedCaliphsTo → Rashidun Caliphate →
Muslim conquest of Egypt → rulingPowerAfter → Rashidun Caliphate →
Tarabulus al-Gharb → wasConqueredBy → Rashidun Caliphate →