The Rashidun army was the core of the Rashidun Caliphate's armed forces during the early Muslim conquests in the 7th century. The army is reported to have maintained a high level of discipline, strategic prowess and organization, granting them successive victories in their various campaigns.
Bow of Sa'd ibn abi-Waqqas at Medina railway museum
A purebred Arabian stallion, showing dished profile, arched neck, level croup and high-carried tail
Arabian camel (dromedary) has a long, curved neck, single hump and hairy throat, shoulders and hump
Arabian Camel herd grazing near the Riyadh River, southeast Diriyah
The Rashidun Caliphate was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was ruled by the first four successive caliphs of Muhammad after his death in 632 CE. During its existence, the empire was the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in West Asia and Northeast Africa.
Coin of the Rashidun Caliphate, circa 647–670, imitating Byzantine coins, featuring a Byzantine figure (Constans II) holding a scepter and globus cruciger
Tombs of caliphs: Abu Bakr and Umar (right), Medina, present-day Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Muhammad's widow, Aisha, battling the fourth caliph Ali in the Battle of the Camel (16th-century miniature from a copy of the Siyer-i Nebi)
Illustration of the Battle of Siffin, from a 14th-century manuscript of the Tarikh-i Bal'ami
