The Rashidun army (Arabic: جيش الراشدين) was the core of the Rashidun Caliphate's armed forces during the early Muslim conquests in the 7th century. The...
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Muslim conquest of Persia (redirect from Rashidun conquest of Persia)
Amidst Persia's turmoil, the first Rashidun invasion of Sasanian territory took place in 633, when the Rashidun army conquered parts of Asoristan, which...
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The Rashidun Caliphate (Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَةُ ٱلرَّاشِدَةُ, romanized: al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) is a title given for the reigns of first caliphs (lit. "successors")...
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The Rashidun (Arabic: الراشدون, romanized: al-Rāshidūn, lit. 'the rightly-guided') are the first four caliphs (lit. 'successors') who led the Muslim community...
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unit, or the early Muslim cavalry unit, was the cavalry forces of the Rashidun army during the Muslim conquest of Syria. The division, which formed the...
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this time, Khalid ibn al-Walid was the most important leader of the Rashidun army. It was the first time since the collapse of the Neo-Babylonian Empire...
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Battle of the Yarmuk (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
اليرموك) was a major battle between the army of the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate. The battle consisted of a series...
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Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
place between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Empire in November 636. It resulted in a decisive victory for the Rashidun army and is considered...
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بنت الازور; died 639), was an Arab Muslim warrior in the service of the Rashidun Caliphate. She played a major role in the Muslim conquest of the Levant...
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Dirar ibn al-Azwar (category People from the Rashidun Caliphate)
Bahnasa. Diraar was a member of the elite Rashidun cavalry unit and also a dueling specialist of the Rashidun Army operating mostly under the famous general...
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Siege of Ctesiphon (637) (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
victory of the Rashidun army during this siege also set the stage for further Muslim invasions of the Persian mainland, where the Sasanian army found itself...
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Battle of the Iron Bridge (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
Battle of the Iron Bridge was fought between the Muslim Rashidun army and the Byzantine army in 637 AD. The battle took its name from a nearby nine-arch...
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became the first city in the Palestine region to be conquered by the Rashidun army and quickly developed into a centre of Islamic law. However, by the...
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the Bangladesh Navy since 2020. The ship is named after one of the Rashidun army commander Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah. The Type 053H3 frigate BNS Abu...
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though a number of Iranian figures stayed in active revolt against the Rashidun army and the later Islamic caliphates for almost 500 years after the collapse...
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Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
military efforts of the Rashidun Caliphate against the Byzantine Empire in the year 636–637/38. It began when the Rashidun army, under the command of Abu...
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Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah (category Generals of the Rashidun Caliphate)
whom Paradise was promised. He was commander of a large section of the Rashidun Army during the time of the Rashid Caliph Umar and was on the list of Umar's...
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sudden emergence and expansion of the Rashidun army. Benefiting from the two empires' weakened conditions, the Rashidun Caliphate swiftly annexed Persia on...
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Greater Khorasan (section Rashidun era (651–661))
needed] The Rashidun commanders Ahnaf ibn Qays and Abd Allah ibn Amir were assigned to lead the invasion of Khorasan. In late 651, the Rashidun army defeated...
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (category Children of Rashidun caliphs)
one of the Rashidun commanders. The Byzantines and their Copt allies showering the Rashidun army with arrows and stones, until the Rashidun overcame the...
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Mubarizun (category People from the Rashidun Caliphate)
special unit of the Rashidun army during the Muslim conquests of the 7th century. The Mubarizun were a recognized part of the Muslim army with the purpose...
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Military conquests of Umar's era (category Military history of the Rashidun Caliphate)
Umar was the second Rashidun Caliph and reigned during 634–644. Umar ibn Al-Khattāb caliphate is notable for its vast conquests. Aided by brilliant field...
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Early Muslim conquests (category Wars involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
first Islamic state in Medina, Arabia that expanded rapidly under the Rashidun Caliphate and the Umayyad Caliphate, culminating in Muslim rule being established...
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Abu Bakr (category Rashidun caliphs)
friend, and father-in-law of Muhammad. He served as the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruling from 632 until his death in 634. Abu Bakr was granted...
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Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (category People from the Rashidun Caliphate)
the Rashidun cavalry. The Byzantines and their Coptic allies showered the Rashidun army with arrows and stones from the city wall, until the Rashidun overcame...
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al-Walid and 'Amr ibn al-'As. In the Levant, the invading Rashidun army were engaged by a Byzantine army composed of imperial troops as well as local levies...
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History of Gaza (section Rashidun period)
once before being a prophet of Islam. In 634, Gaza was besieged by the Rashidun army under general 'Amr ibn al-'As, with assistance from Khalid ibn al-Walid...
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the modern-day province were intermittently subject to raids by the Rashidun army during the early Muslim conquests, but the region did not fall under...
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Al-Qa'qa' ibn Amr al-Tamimi (category Generals of the Rashidun Caliphate)
مالك التميمي الراعي) was an Arab Muslim commander and general in the Rashidun army who belonged to the tribe of Banu Tamim. He and his tribe converted...
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Domnall Brecc's naval force of Dál Riata. March – Siege of Ctesiphon: The Rashidun army (15,000 men) under Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas occupies the Persian capital...
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