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The 61 pages that link to Rashidun Caliphate, each with the reason it gives.

• MedinaNarrower topic: After Muhammad’s death, Medina served as the caliphate’s capital.

• First FitnaNarrower topic: The First Fitna was the crisis that ended this period of unified rule.

• Abu BakrNarrower topic: Abu Bakr’s reign established the first phase of this caliphate.

• Ali ibn Abi TalibNarrower topic: Ali’s caliphate was the final reign within this period in Sunni historical ordering.

• BasraNarrower topic: Basra emerged as a military and administrative center during its expansion.

• Early Muslim conquestsNarrower topic: Its armies initiated the campaigns that transformed the political map of the Middle East.

• Umar ibn al-KhattabNarrower topic: Umar’s reign was the second period of this early Islamic state.

• Battle of SiffinNarrower topic: Siffin exposed the political crisis near the end of this caliphal period.

• QurayshNarrower topic: Several early caliphs came from Quraysh, extending the confederation’s political prominence.

• Ridda WarsNarrower topic: Victory secured the first caliphate’s authority across much of Arabia.

• Khalid ibn al-WalidNarrower topic: Khalid's military career helped expand this state during its first decades.

• Battle of al-QadisiyyahNarrower topic: Its forces fought at al-Qadisiyyah as part of the campaigns against Sasanian rule.

• Muslim conquest of PersiaNarrower topic: Its armies conducted the main campaigns that brought Sasanian territories under Muslim rule.

• AnsarNarrower topic: Its founding followed the leadership negotiations in which Ansar figures took part.

• Battle of the CamelNarrower topic: The battle was fought during its final caliphate and exposed the state’s political fracture.

• Amr ibn al-AsNarrower topic: Amr led Egypt’s conquest on behalf of this caliphate.

• Muslim conquest of the LevantNarrower topic: Its armies and rulers directed the expansion into Byzantine Syria and Palestine.

• FustatNarrower topic: Fustat began as a provincial capital within this expanding caliphate.

• Arab conquest of EgyptNarrower topic: Its expansion under Umar supplied the authority and forces behind the Egyptian campaign.

• Uthman ibn AffanNarrower topic: Uthman ruled its third caliphate, during rapid expansion and mounting political strain.

• DiwanNarrower topic: The earliest Islamic diwan institutions took shape under its rule.

• Muslim conquest of EgyptNarrower topic: Its armies incorporated Egypt into a rapidly expanding early Muslim state.

• Early IslamNarrower topic: It names the early state through which Muslim rule expanded beyond Arabia.

• Early Islamic conquestsNarrower topic: Its armies carried out the initial phase of expansion beyond Arabia.

• Islamization of Central AsiaNarrower topic: Its expansion brought Muslim rule toward the eastern Iranian frontier before the major Central Asian campaigns.

• Talha ibn Ubayd AllahNarrower topic: Talha’s public life unfolded during the caliphate’s formative decades.

• Assassination of UthmanNarrower topic: The assassination took place amid disputes over authority in this early caliphate.

• Muslim conquest of the MaghrebNarrower topic: Its armies began the advance into North Africa before Umayyad rule continued it.

• Sa'd ibn Abi WaqqasNarrower topic: Sa'd’s campaigns and governorship belonged to this state’s period of rapid expansion.

• Battle of AjnadaynNarrower topic: Its armies fought at Ajnadayn during the caliphate of Abu Bakr.

• Battle of NahavandNarrower topic: Its forces conducted the campaign that defeated the Sasanian army at Nahavand.

• The Ten Promised ParadiseNarrower topic: Four members of the ten became its caliphs.

• Abu Ubayda ibn al-JarrahNarrower topic: Abu Ubayda’s campaigns and governorship took place within this expanding state.

• Muslim conquest of SyriaNarrower topic: Its rulers organized and supplied the forces that conquered Syria.

• Battle of al-YamamaNarrower topic: The victory strengthened its control over central Arabia and enabled further consolidation.

• Abu al-DardaNarrower topic: Abu al-Darda’s move to Syria belongs to the period of the first caliphs.

• Arab invasion of ArmeniaNarrower topic: Its armies conducted the first Arab campaigns into Armenia.

• Battle of the YarmukNarrower topic: Its expansion into Byzantine territory set the political stakes of the battle.