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Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates: Early Islamic Governance (632–750 CE)

Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates: Early Islamic Governance (632–750 CE)

  2. Umar becomes second caliph

    Labels: Umar ibn, Rashidun Caliphate, Conquest

  3. Battle of Yarmouk ends Byzantine Syria

    Labels: Battle of, Byzantine Syria, Rashidun army

  4. Battle of al-Qadisiyyah weakens Sasanian power

    Labels: Battle of, Sasanian Empire, Rashidun army

  5. Uthman chosen as third caliph

    Labels: Uthman ibn, Shura council, Provincial administration

  6. Ali acclaimed as fourth caliph

    Labels: Ali ibn, Medina, First Fitna

  7. Uthman assassinated in Medina

    Labels: Uthman, Assassination, Medina

  8. Battle of Siffin and arbitration crisis

    Labels: Battle of, Ali, Mu'awiya

  9. Battle of Nahrawan against Kharijites

    Labels: Battle of, Ali, Kharijites

  10. Hasan–Mu'awiya treaty cedes authority

    Labels: Hasan ibn, Mu'awiya I, Peace treaty

  12. Mu'awiya I establishes Umayyad rule in Damascus

    Labels: Mu'awiya I, Umayyad Caliphate, Damascus

  13. Battle of Karbala entrenches sectarian memory

    Labels: Battle of, Husayn ibn, Yazid I

  14. Abd al-Malik becomes caliph and recentralizes power

    Labels: Abd al-Malik, Umayyad centralization, Arabic administration

  15. Dome of the Rock completed in Jerusalem

    Labels: Dome of, Jerusalem, Umayyad patronage

  16. Umayyads defeated at Tours/Poitiers

    Labels: Battle of, Charles Martel, Umayyad raid

  17. Battle of the Zab topples Umayyad dynasty

    Labels: Battle of, Abbasid Revolution, Marwan II

  18. Abu Bakr becomes first caliph

    Labels: Abu Bakr, Rashidun Caliphate, Bay'a