• 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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    regional Rashidun army commander Khalid ibn al-Walid was transferred to oversee the Muslim conquest of the Levant, and as the Rashidun army became increasingly...
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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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  • Fursan unit, or the early Muslim cavalry unit, was the cavalry forces of Rashidun army during the Muslim conquest of Syria. The division which formed the early...
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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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    Battle of the Yarmuk (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    Yarmouk) 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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    this time, Khalid ibn al-Walid was the most important leader of the Rashidun army. Syria had been under Roman rule for seven centuries prior to the Arab...
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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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    number of Iranian figures remained in active rebellion against the Rashidun army and the later Islamic caliphates for almost 200 years after the Arab...
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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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    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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    Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Al-Qa'qa ibn Amr (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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    Khalid ibn al-Walid (category Generals of the Rashidun Caliphate)
    the Yarmouk (636), the Rashidun army conquered most of the Levant. Khalid was subsequently demoted and removed from the army's high command by Umar. Khalid...
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    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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    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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    Early Muslim conquests (category Wars involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    Sasanians and the Byzantines, such as when they fought together against the Rashidun army during the Battle of Firaz. Some of the lands lost by the Byzantines...
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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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  • Battle of Marj ar-Rum (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    Rashidun army as all the Byzantine commanders were killed and the threat of losing Damascus ended. After the capture of Damascus, the Rashidun army split...
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  • of the Zagros Mountains is annexed by the Rashidun Caliphate. April – Siege of Jerusalem: The Rashidun army (20,000 men), led by 'Amr ibn al-'As, conquers...
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  • Battle of Hazir (category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate)
    al-Haadhir (Arabic: 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...
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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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  • church are built in Saxon style. May – Siege of Babylon Fortress: The Rashidun army lays siege to Babylon Fortress in the Nile Delta (near Cairo). The next...
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  • Shurahbil ibn Hasana (category Generals of the Rashidun Caliphate)
    (companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) and a key commander in the Rashidun army during the Muslim conquest of the Levant. Shurahbil's father was a certain...
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  • October), Shimr commanded the left wing of the Umayyad army. Upon the orders of the commander of the army, Umar ibn Sa'd, Shimr set on fire the tents of Husayn's...
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  • from the Tihama, northern Yemen, Bahrayn and Oman, to reinforce Khalid's army in the Muslim conquest of Syria. Ikrima was most likely martyred fighting...
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