Rashidun Caliphate
List of Rashidun caliphs

Rashidun Caliphate

Section Title: List of Rashidun caliphs
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Period	Caliph	Calligraphic	Relationship with Muhammad	Parents	House	Notes

8 June 632 – 22 August 634	Abū Bakr (أبو بكر) Aṣ-Ṣiddīq	-	Father of Aisha, Muhammad's wife	'Uthman Abu Quhafa Salma Umm-ul-Khair	Banu Taim

23 August 634 – 3 November 644	'Umar ibn al-Khattab (عمر بن الخطاب) Al-Farooq	-	Father of Hafsa, Muhammad's wife	Khattab ibn Nufayl Hantamah bint Hisyam	Banu Adi	Assassinated by a Persian in response to the Muslim conquest of Persia

11 November 644 – 20 June 656	'Uthman ibn 'Affan (عثمان بن عفان) Dhun Nurayn	-	Husband of Muhammad's daughters, Ruqayya and later Umm Kulthum. Muhammad's Second cousin.	'Affan ibn Abi al-'As Arwa bint Kurayz	Banu Ummaya	Assassinated at the end of a siege upon his house

20 June 656 – 29 January 661	'Ali ibn Abi-Talib (علي بن أبي طالب) Amir al-Mu'minin	-	Muhammad's first cousin Husband of Muhammad's daughter Fatimah Husband of Umamah bint Zainab, Muhammad's granddaughter	Abu Talib ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib Fatimah bint Asad	Banu Hashim	Also known as First Imam of Shia Assassinated during Fajr prayer in the Great Mosque of Kufah

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