Mohammed's Caliphate

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Was the polity created in the Arabian peninsula by the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Establishment

January 623: In 622, Muhammad, expelled from Mecca, took refuge in Medina.

Chronology

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1. Early Muslim conquests

Were the military campaigns by the first three Islamic Caliphates (the Caliphate of Muhammad, the Rashidun Caliphate and the Umayyad Caliphate) that led to the Islamic conquest of most of the Middle East as well as the Iberian Peninsula.

1.1.Establishment of Mohammed´s Caliphate

Was the establishment of the first Islamic Caliphate under the Prophet Mohammed.

January 625: Battle of Bedr.

January 631: In 630 CE, Mohammed sent his cousin Ali to Sana'a, Yemen, which was the most advanced region in Arabia. The Banu Hamdan confederation, one of the prominent tribes in the area, was among the first to accept Islam under Ali's leadership.

January 631: In 630 AD the island of Bahrain was conquered by the Arabs.

January 631: Mecca conquered by Mohammed's Caliphate.

June 632: The Rashidun Caliphate was ruled by the first four successive Caliphs (successors) of Muhammad after his death in 632.