Under Umar the armies of Islam take Syria, Egypt, and Persia from the Byzantine and Sasanian empires; Umar organizes the conquered lands with garrison cities, a register of stipends, and the Hijri calendar, and is assassinated in the Medina mosque.
Tagged: Ibadi Islam Muslim Sunni Islam
The Event
- Date
- 634–644 (exact)
- Era
- Rashidun; Standard periodization of Islamic history
- Location
- Medina; today Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Traditions
- Islam
- Streams
- Sunni Islam, Ibadi Islam
- Key figures
- Umar ibn al-Khattab, Khalid ibn al-Walid
Primary Sources
- Al-Tabari, History
Secondary Sources
- Kennedy, The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates (Routledge, 3rd ed. 2016)
- Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples (Faber, 1991)
Provenance: HIST-0208; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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