• Muslim cavalry unit, was the cavalry forces of the Rashidun army during the Muslim conquest of Syria. The division, which formed the early cavalry corps...
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  • 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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    The Rashidun Caliphate (Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَةُ ٱلرَّاشِدَةُ, romanized: al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad...
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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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  • Dhiraar 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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    Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Empire. It occurred during the early Muslim conquests and marked a decisive victory for the Rashidun army during...
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    Byzantine and Sassanid armies to take prime defensive positions. The Rashidun cavalry, while lacking the number and mounted archery skill of their Roman...
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    Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (category Rashidun governors of Kufa)
    also instructing the Rashidun armies in Iraq to merge with Sa'd's forces, the forces of Arfajah, who brought 400 to 700 Azd cavalry, Jarir ibn Abdullah...
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  • Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib (category People from the Rashidun Caliphate)
    Qadisiyyah started, the Rashidun cavalry collided with the Sassanid cavalry. Then, as the intense battles were ongoing between Rashidun horsemen and Sassanid...
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    Battle of the Iron Bridge (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    The 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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  • Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (category Children of Rashidun caliphs)
    military commander in the service of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the Rashidun caliphs Abu Bakr (r. 632–634), and Umar (r. 634–644). His mother was Umm...
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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's caliphate is notable for its vast conquests. Aided by brilliant field commanders...
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    calendar. Early organized Arab mounted forces under the Rashidun caliphate comprised a light cavalry armed with lance and sword. Its main role was to attack...
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    cavalry. The name derives from the Latin term cursor meaning 'runner'. Mobile Guard (طليعة متحركة): An elite light cavalry regiment in the Rashidun army...
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    Malik al-Ashtar (category Rashidun governors of Egypt)
    help.[citation needed] At the age of 70, Malik al-Ahstar was the main cavalry and commander of the army of Ali Ibn Abi Talib in the Battle of Jamal (Battle...
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    Arab conquest of Iran, was a major military campaign undertaken by the Rashidun Caliphate between 632 and 654. As part of the early Muslim conquests, which...
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    Battle of Nahavand (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    Nahâvand), also spelled Nihavand or Nahawand, was fought in 642 between the Rashidun Muslim forces under caliph Umar and Sasanian Persian armies under King...
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  • Dhiraar ibn al-Khattab (category People from the Rashidun Caliphate)
    Imash when the Sassanid elephant corps going rampage towards the Rashidun ranks, the Rashidun top commanders brought themselves to personally engage the elephants...
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  • First battle of Dongola (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    the early Muslim Rashidun army and the Oriental Orthodox Christian Nubians of the Makuria in 642, This was the first real Rashidun arab defeat on the...
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    Battle of the Yarmuk (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    between the army of the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate. The battle consisted of a series of engagements that lasted...
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  • Battle of Hazir (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    معركة الحاضر) took place between the Byzantine army and the Rashidun army's elite cavalry, the Mobile guard. It took place in June 637, three miles east...
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    Battle of Firaz (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    634 between the Rashidun Caliphate and the combined armies of the Sasanian Empire and the Byzantine Empire. It ended with a Rashidun victory, concluding...
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  • Arfajah (category Admirals of the Rashidun Caliphate)
    wing, while Hani ibn Qais, and Arfajah bin Harthama on the cavalry. The Rashidun cavalry which led by Arfajah were the first to arrive in Tikrit, where...
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    Early Caliphate navy (category Navy of the Rashidun Caliphate)
    Africa and Europe. This helped establish the Arab Empire (including the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid Caliphates and also Fatimids) as the world's leading...
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    Battle of Chains (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    referred to as the Battle of Chains, was the first battle fought between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Persian Empire in April 633. The battle was...
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  • Qays ibn Makshuh (category People from the Rashidun Caliphate)
    clash casualties were minimal. On the final stage of the battle, the Rashidun cavalry immediately formed their battle formation with Qays on the left and...
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  • Second battle of Dongola (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    of Dongola was a military engagement between early Arab forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Nubian-Christian forces of the kingdom of Makuria in...
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  • Al-Qa'qa ibn Amr (category Generals of the Rashidun Caliphate)
    بن 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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    conquest of Syria, was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate. A part of the wider Arab-Byzantine Wars, the Levant was brought...
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    Battle of Walaja (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    معركة الولجة) was fought in Mesopotamia (Iraq) in May 633 between the Rashidun Caliphate army under Khalid ibn al-Walid and Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha against...
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