Muslim Caliphs

(from Moffett, History of Christianity in Asia, 364, 366, 368, 391)

1.Patriarchal Caliphs (Medina)

a)Abu Bakr (632-634)

b)‘Umar I (634-644)

c)‘Uthman (644-656)

d)‘Ali (656-661)

2.Umayyad Caliphs (Damascus)

a)Mu’awiya I (661-680)

b)Yazid I (680-683)

c)Abd al-Malik (685-705)

d)Walid I (705-715)

e)‘Umar II (717-720)

f)Hisham (724-743)

g)Walid II (743-744)

h)Marwan II (745-750)

3.‘Abbasid Caliphs (Baghdad)

a)al-Saffah (750-754)

b)al-Mansur (754-775)

c)al-Mahdi (775-785)

d)Harun ar-Rashid (785-809)

e)al-Amin (809-813)

f)al-Ma’mun (813-833)

g)al-Mu’tasim (833-847)

h)al-Mu’tawakkil (847-861)

i)al-Mu’tamid (870-892)

j)al-Mu’tadid (892-902)

k)al-Muqtadir (908-932)

l)al-Qahir (932-934)

m)al-Mutaqqi (940-944)

n)al-Mustakfi (944-946)

o)al-Muti’ (946-974)

p)al-Qadir (991-1031)

q)al-Hakim (1009-1020)

r)al-Musta’sim (1242-1258)
 
 

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