Abu Bakr died on 23 August 634 CE in Medina, aged 60. A close companion and father-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, Abu Bakr was among the first to accept Islam and accompanied Muhammad on the migration to Medina in 622. After Muhammad's death in 632, the community chose him as its first caliph, and he is regarded by Sunni Muslims as the first of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. His brief reign was largely devoted to the Ridda wars, which brought the Arabian tribes that had broken away back under Medina's authority, and to the first campaigns against Byzantine and Sasanian territories. According to Islamic tradition he also ordered the collection of the Quranic revelations in written form. He died in 634 and designated Umar as his successor.
Before and after
- from June 632 CE to July 661 CERashidun Caliphate
- 8 June 632 CEDeath of Muhammad
- from 633 CE to 640 CEMuslim conquest of the Levant
- from 633 CE to 654 CEMuslim conquest of Persia
- 23 August 634 CEDeath of Abu Bakr
- from December 635 CE to March 636 CESiege of Emesa
- from 16 November 636 CE to 19 November 636 CEBattle of al-Qadisiyyah
- 637 CEConstruction of Potala Palace
- from August 637 CE to October 637 CESiege of Aleppo
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