Abu Bakr

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Sources

1. BookMuhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam

Relations

ruled:

• Rashidun Caliphate632 CE O.S. – 634 CE O.S.

  Sources: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century

succeeded:

• Muhammad

  Sources: Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam

was succeeded by:

• Umar

  Sources: Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam

Appears in4 items

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  The Islamic Golden Age3 items
  • The Hijra: Muhammad reaches Medina · companionRabi' al-Awwal 1 AH
  • Death of Muhammad; Abu Bakr becomes caliph · first caliphRabi' al-Awwal 11 AH
  • The Rashidun caliphsRabi' al-Awwal 11 AH
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  The World’s Religions1 item
  • Muhammad dies and the succession divides his followersRabi' al-Awwal 11 AH