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Rashidun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (212 words) |
 | The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs (Arabic: الخلفاء الراشدون translit: al-Khulafā’ur-Rāshidūn) is a term used in Sunni Islam and in general around the world to refer to the first four caliphs who are seen as being model leaders. |
| A small minority include Hasan ibn Ali as a fifth righteously guided Caliph, however most do not consider him to have been caliph at all. |
| The first four Sunni Caliphs and the Sunnah |
| Umayyad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1308 words) |
| The Umayyad Dynasty (Arabic بنو أمية banū umayya / الأمويون al-umawiyyūn, Persian امویان Omaviyân, Turkish Emevi), also "Umawi", was the first dynasty of caliphs of the Islamic empire after the reign of the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali) ended. |
| Caliph Uthman before him was also a descendent of Umayya, and during his time had been criticised for placing members of his family within political positions (for which he was murdered); however since he never declared an heir he cannot be considered the founder of a dynasty. |
| This established the Umayyad dynasty, and the capital of the caliphate was moved to Damascus. |
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