Rulers

List of Rashidun Caliphs, 632 to 661

5 Rashidun caliphs ruled from 632 to 661. The average reign lasted 5.8 years and the longest was Uthman ibn Affan's, at 12 years. 3 were killed and 1 deposed or stepped down.

5rulers

5.8years, average reign

12 yrslongest: Uthman ibn Affan

3killed (60%)

Every ruler, with the length of each reign

1Abu Bakr

632 to 634

Died naturally. Died of illness in Madinah after naming Umar as successor. Reigned 632 to 634.

2Umar ibn al-Khattab

634 to 644

Killed. Stabbed at dawn prayer by Abu Lu'lu'a, a Persian slave. Reigned 634 to 644.

3Uthman ibn Affan

644 to 656

Killed. Killed by rebels in his house in Madinah while reading the Quran. Reigned 644 to 656.

4Ali ibn Abi Talib

656 to 661

Killed. Struck by the Kharijite Ibn Muljam in the mosque of Kufa. Reigned 656 to 661.

5Hasan ibn Ali

661 to 661

Deposed or abdicated. Stepped down by treaty with Muawiya after about six months. Many scholars count him as completing the Rashidun era. Reigned 661 to 661.

Bars run from 632 to 661. Reign years follow the usual dates in the standard histories; a few rulers who were deposed and later killed are counted as killed. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.

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People

Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Umar ibn al-Khattab Uthman ibn Affan Ali ibn Abi Talib

How reigns ended, all six dynasties

Rashidun Caliphs5 rulers · 632 to 661

131

60% killed

Umayyad Caliphs14 rulers · 661 to 750

1121

14% killed

Abbasid Caliphs of Baghdad37 rulers · 750 to 1258

22105