Atlas of the Caliphate

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خلافة إسلام العربية خلافة إسلام) لخلافة الاسلامية يمكن تعريفها بأنها نظام الحكم (المنظمة السياسية) التي أوجدها المسلمون بعد وفاة رسول العالمين محمد بن عبدالله صلى الله عليه وسلم لتولي قيادة المسلمين و إدارة شؤوون الجماعة الاسلامية و الدولة الاسلامية التي كانت قد بدأت مرحلة التوسع و نشر الدع English Caliphate The Caliphate (Arabic: was the state created by the prophet Muhammad. The first four caliphs were Muhammad's Sahaba (disciples); Abu Bakr, then Umar ibn al-Khattab, then Uthman ibn Affan, and the fourth was Ali ibn Abi Talib. Sunni Muslims consider Abu-Bakr to be the first legitimate Caliph, Shi'a consider Ali to have been the first truly legitimate Caliph, although they concede that Ali accepted his predecessors, because he eventually sanctioned Abu-Bakr. After these four caliphs, the Abbasid Dynasty, had fell apart, and the Fatimids from Kairouan took control, with a new capital in Egypt, Cairo. Short name Caliphate Official name(s) Caliphate Status Country between 632 A.D. and 1258 A.D. Location Middle East and North Africa, including Spain Capital Medina, Damascus, Baghdad, Cairo Major language(s) Arabic Major religion(s) Islam More information Caliphate. More images Caliphate - Caliphate (Category).

Historical overview

The Caliphate at the death of Muhammad in 632

This map shows the expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman

Age of the Caliphs

Caliphate around 750

Abbasid Caliphate at the beginning of the dynasty

The Abbasid Caliphate under Harun al-Rashid (786-809)

The provinces of the Abbasid Caliphate under Harun al-Rashid (786-809)

The Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-9th century

Muslim expansion and the Muslim world ca 945

Fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th-10th centuries

East Hemisphere in 600 AD

East Hemisphere in 700 AD

East Hemisphere in 800 AD

East Hemisphere in 900 AD

Regional maps

The Arab-Byzantine frontier zone in eastern Anatolia

The Jazira in the early Islamic period

Iraq under the Abbasids

Khurasan and eastern Iran ca. 836

Sind in the Umayyad period

Transoxiana and Khurasan in the Umayyad period

Notes and references

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