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
- 627 CE · 6 AH† · siege
Siege of Tbilisi
Place: Tiflis
- 632 CE · 11 AH† · battle
Battle of Abraq
- 632 CE · 11 AH† · battle
Battle of Dhu Qissa
- 632 CE · 11 AH† · battle
Battle of Zafar
Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid
Place: Ha'il
Part of: The Ridda Wars
- 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
- 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
- c. 632 CE · c. 11 AH · war
The Ridda Wars
Commanders: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Place: Arabian Peninsula
- c. 632 CE · c. 11 AH · siege
The Siege of al-Nujayr
Place: al-Nujayr
Part of: The Ridda Wars
- c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH† · campaign
Abu Ubayd's Dispatch to Iraq
Commanders: Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi
Place: al-Hira
- c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH† · skirmish
The March of al-Falalij and the Pursuit of Jaban at Tustar
Place: Tustar
- c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH† · raid
al-Nusayr and Hudhayfa's Raid toward Tikrit
Place: Tikrit
- 633 CE · 12 AH† · battle
Battle of Dawmat al-Jandal
Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid
Place: Dumat al-Jandal
- 633 CE · 12 AH† · battle
Battle of Ghamra
Place: Ḥaʼil Province
- 633 CE · 12 AH† · battle
Battle of Naqra
Place: Riyadh
Part of: The Ridda Wars
- 633 CE · 12 AH† · battle
Battle of the River
Place: Mesopotamia
- c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH† · battle
The Fight at Ubulla
Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid
Place: al-Ubulla
- 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
- 634 CE · 13 AH† · siege
Conquest of Damascus
Place: Damascus
- 633 CE · 12 AH† · campaign
Muslim conquest of Persia
Place: Sasanian Empire
- 634 CE · 13 AH† · campaign
Muslim conquest of the Levant
Place: Near East
- 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
- c. 634 CE · 12 AH · battle
The Battle of Yamama
Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid · Musaylima
Place: al-Yamama
Part of: The Ridda Wars
- 12 AH · conquest
The Peace of al-Hira
Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid
Place: al-Hira
- c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH · campaign
The Conquest of Syria
- c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH · conquest
Khalid Kills Ukaydir and Takes Dumat al-Jandal
Place: Dumat al-Jandal
- c. 12 April 634 CE · 1 Muharram 13 AH · campaign
The Dispatch of the Armies to Syria
- 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
- 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
- c. 30 Ramadan 13 AH · battle
The Day of the Bridge
Commanders: Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi
Place: Baniqya
- c. January 635 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 13 AH · battle
The Battle of Fihl
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- 635 CE · 14 AH† · battle
Battle of Fahl
Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah · Khalid ibn al-Walid
Place: Jordan River
- 635 CE · 14 AH† · conquest
Conquest of Homs
Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah
- c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH · battle
The Battle of al-Araba
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH · battle
The Battle of Dathin
Commanders: Amr ibn al-As
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH · conquest
The Conquest of Busra
Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid
Place: Busra
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- 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
- 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
- c. 14 AH · battle
The Day of Mihran, Being the Day of al-Buwayb
Place: al-Buwayb
- 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
- c. 635 CE · c. 14 AH · conquest
The Conquest of al-Ladhiqiyya
Place: al-Ladhiqiyya (Latakia)
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- 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
- 15 AH · conquest
Conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem)
Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah
Place: Jerusalem
- c. 636 CE · c. 15 AH · conquest
The Conquest of Qinnasrin
Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid
Place: Qinnasrin
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- 637 CE · 16 AH† · siege
Conquest of Aleppo
Place: Aleppo
- 637 CE · 16 AH† · siege
Siege of Jerusalem (637)
Place: Jerusalem
- c. 637 CE · c. 16 AH · conquest
The Conquest of Antioch
Place: Antioch
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- 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
- 640 CE · 19 AH† · battle
Battle of Heliopolis
Commanders: Amr ibn al-As
Place: Heliopolis
- 640 CE · 19 AH† · siege
Siege of Dvin (640)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- c. October 640 CE · Shawwal 19 AH · conquest
The Conquest of Caesarea
Place: Caesarea
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- c. 20 AH · conquest
Amr's Four Lieutenants Carry the Fustat Terms through Egypt
Place: Ayn Shams
- 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
- 642 CE · 21 AH · battle
The Battle of Nihawand (Fath al-Futuh)
Commanders: Umar ibn al-Khattab
Place: Nihawand
- c. 641 CE · c. 21 AH · conquest
The Conquest of Alexandria
Commanders: Amr ibn al-As
Place: Alexandria
- 643 CE · 22 AH† · battle
Battle of Yeghbark Sarak (643)
- 22 AH · conquest
The Conquest of Tripoli
Commanders: Amr ibn al-As
Place: Tripoli (al-Gharb)
- c. 22 AH · conquest
Uqba ibn Nafi's Charge over Zawila and the Marches to Barqa
Place: Zawila
- between 644 and 656 CE · campaign
Uthman consults the Companions on the campaign to Ifriqiya
Commanders: Uthman ibn Affan
Place: Ifriqiya
- c. 643 CE · c. 23 AH · conquest
The Joint Conquests of Fars
Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari · Uthman ibn Abi al-As
Place: Fars
- 23? AH · battle
The Roman Recapture of Alexandria and Its Recovery from Manuel
Place: Alexandria
- c. 645 CE · 24 AH · conquest
The Conquest of Qumm and Qashan
Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari
Place: Qumm
- c. 645 CE · c. 25 AH · conquest
The Taking of Qaliqala and the Opening of Armenia
Commanders: Uthman ibn Affan
Place: Qaliqala (Theodosiopolis/Erzurum)
- 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
- c. 645 CE · c. 25 AH · campaign
Salman al-Khayl's Reinforcement and the Spoils Dispute
Place: Qaliqala (Theodosiopolis/Erzurum)
- 647 CE · 26 AH† · battle
Battle of Artsap (647)
- 647 CE · 26 AH† · conquest
Battle of Sufetula
Place: Sufetula
- c. 646 CE · c. 26 AH · campaign
Salman al-Khayl's Campaign in Arran and the Caucasus
Commanders: Uthman ibn Affan
Place: Arran
- 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
- 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
- c. 648 CE · 28 AH · raid
The First Raid on Cyprus
Place: Cyprus
- 29 AH · conquest
Conquest of Tabaristan
Commanders: Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Umayya
Place: Tabaristan
- 652 CE · 31 AH† · battle
Battle of Balanjar
Place: Balanjar
- c. 651 CE · 31 AH · battle
The Battle of Dhat al-Sawari (31 AH)
- c. 652 CE · 32 AH · battle
The Defeat at Balanjar (32 AH)
Place: Balanjar
- c. 653 CE · 32 AH · revolt
Qarin's revolt in Khurasan (32 AH)
- c. 653 CE · 33 AH · raid
The Second Raid on Cyprus
Place: Cyprus
- 654 CE · 33 AH† · battle
Battle of Caesarea (654)
Place: Caesarea of Cappadocia
- 656 CE · 35 AH† · siege
Ali's stance during the siege of Uthman
Place: Medina
- 656 CE · 35 AH† · siege
Siege of Uthman
Place: Medina Province
- 36 AH · campaign
Ali's muster at Dhi Qar
Place: Dhi Qar
- 658 CE · 38 AH · revolt
Al-Khirit ibn Rashid's revolt (38–39 AH)
- 660 CE · 40 AH · raid
Busr ibn Abi Artat's raid through the Hijaz and Yemen (40 AH)
- · campaign
Abu Bakr's Sortie to Naq' and Khalid's Command
- · conquest
Balkh's Sulh and al-Ahnaf's Khwarizm March
Commanders: al-Ahnaf ibn Qays
Place: Balkh
- · battle
al-Ahnaf's Battle in Tukharistan
Commanders: al-Ahnaf ibn Qays
Place: Marw al-Rudh
- · raid
al-Harith ibn Murra's Qiqan Raid and Death
Place: al-Qiqan
- · conquest
al-Aqra' ibn Habis Takes Juzjan
Commanders: al-Aqra' ibn Habis al-Tamimi · al-Ahnaf ibn Qays
Place: al-Juzjan
- · conquest
Arab conquest of Kaikan
- · battle
Battle of Rayshahr and Shahrak's Death
Commanders: al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi
Place: Rayshahr
- · conquest
Conquest of al-Fayyum
Commanders: Amr ibn al-As
Place: Al-Fayyum
Part of: Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria
- · conquest
Conquest of Azerbaijan
Commanders: Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman · Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami
Place: Azerbaijan
- · conquest
The Conquest of al-Dinawar, Masabadhan and Mihrajanqadhaf
Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari
Place: al-Dinawar
- · conquest
The Conquest of Hamadhan
Commanders: جرير بن عبد الله البجلي · al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba
Place: Hamadhan
- · conquest
The Conquest of Hulwan and Qarmasin
Commanders: جرير بن عبد الله البجلي · Uzra ibn Qays al-Bajali
Place: Hulwan
- · conquest
The Conquest of Isbahan
Commanders: Abdallah ibn Budayl · Umar ibn al-Khattab
Place: Isbahan
- · conquest
Conquest of Jur
Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir
Place: Jur
- · conquest
Conquest of Maysan
Commanders: al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba
Place: Maysan
- · conquest
Conquest of Mosul
Commanders: Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami
Place: Mosul
- · conquest
Conquest of Qazwin
Commanders: al-Bara' ibn Azib
Place: Qazwin
- · conquest
The Conquest of Rayy and Qumis
Commanders: Urwa ibn Zayd al-Khayl al-Ta'i · Hanzala ibn Zayd
Place: Rayy
- · conquest
Conquest of Sabur
Commanders: Uthman ibn Abi al-As · Abu Musa al-Ashari
Place: Sabur (Bishapur)
- · conquest
Conquest of Shahrazur, al-Samaghan and Darabadh
Commanders: Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami
Place: Shahrazur
- · conquest
Conquest of Surraq
Commanders: Haritha ibn Badr al-Ghudani · Abd Allah ibn Amir
Place: Surraq
- · conquest
Conquest of Tawwaj
Commanders: al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi · Uthman ibn Abi al-As
Place: Tawwaj
- · conquest
Conquest of al-Ubulla and al-Furat
Commanders: Utba ibn Ghazwan
Place: al-Ubulla
- · conquest
The Forced Taking of Istakhr
Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir · Mahak
Place: Istakhr
- · conquest
The Conquest of Naysabur
Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir
Place: Nishapur
- · raid
The First Crossing of the Darb
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- · campaign
Ibn Amir's Opening of Khurasan
Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir · al-Ahnaf ibn Qays
Place: Quhistan
- · conquest
Ibn Samura's Campaign and the Zur Idol
Commanders: Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura
Place: Jabal al-Zur
- · conquest
Conquest of Kirman
Commanders: مجاشع بن مسعود السلمي · Abd Allah ibn Amir
Place: Kirman
- · campaign
Qays's Balkh Campaign and Nawbahar's Ruin
Commanders: Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami
Place: Balkh
- · campaign
Qays ibn al-Haytham's Tukharistan March
Commanders: Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami
Place: Siminjan
- · conquest
Ramhurmuz's Breach and Reconquest
Commanders: Abu Maryam al-Hanafi
Place: Ramhurmuz
- · conquest
Conquest of al-Sus
Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari
Place: al-Sus (Shush)
- · conquest
Conquest of Manadhir
Commanders: al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi · Abu Musa al-Ashari
Place: Manadhir
- · campaign
al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad's Sijistan Campaign
Commanders: al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi · Aparwiz, Marzban of Zaranj
Place: Sijistan
- · revolt
The Habata Unrest in Sijistan
Place: Sijistan
- · 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
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