There are four caliphs, namely: Abu Bakr assidiq, Umar Ibn Haddaab, Usman and Aliyu bn Abi Thaalib (RA)
More than twenty-five.
First 4 Caliphs were not missionaries to Africa , but many other companions of prophet were .
The Caliphs were the functional equivalent of Kings and did many of the things we would expect a king to do, such as declare wars, set legislation, organize the state, direct religion, etc.
There were FOUR Rightly-Guided Caliphs after Muhammad's death (Abu Bakr, Omar, Othman, and Ali). After Ali was assassinated, the Umayyads swept into power, ending the age of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs and beginning a more imperial form of government.
There was no rule of caliphs in ancient Rome. The caliphs emerged after the fall of Rome
None. Caliphs came to power in the Medieval Period. As for the Medieval period, the Caliphs were the leaders of the Muslim Empires called Caliphates. The four first Caliphs were called the Rightly-Guided Caliphs and they also had some religious authority in Islam. Because of the barbarity of the Umayyad Caliphs, the religious authority left the Caliphs and vested in the local Imams. Religious authority would return to the Caliphs in the mid-1500s in the Ottoman Empire until Atatürk abolished the Caliphate in 1936.
Ali was the last of the Orthodox caliphs.
Hazrat Ali RAU was the Fourth and last Rashidoon Caliphs.
Yes. The Caliphs are the political successors to Muhammad.
caliphs were religious leaders of Islam; sultans were political leaders
No because the group of caliphs the Umayyad ruled from Damascus
The Umayyad Caliphate came after the four Rightly-Guided Caliphs.
No because the group of caliphs the Umayyad ruled from Damascus