The Umayyad Caliphate came after the four Rightly-Guided Caliphs.
It depends how you read this question.If by the "the Caliphs" you are referring to the four Rightly-Guided Caliphs, they were followed by Mu'awiya, the founder of the Umayyad Dynasty of Caliphs. If you are referring to the Caliphate as an institution, it was abolished in 1924 by the Republic of Turkey. However, most Muslim countries had operated with sovereign governments during the period of the Caliphate (in much the same way that most Catholic countries are not directly ruled by the Pope) and even the Caliph in the Ottoman Empire was purely a religious authority since the Ottoman Sultan wielded political power.
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the four first caliphs (or Muslim rulers); namely Abou Bakr, Omar Ibn AlKhattab, Othman Ibn Affan, and Ali Ibn about Taleb.
First 4 Caliphs were not missionaries to Africa , but many other companions of prophet were .
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All the first Four Caliphs were chosen in different ways. Later on it became a kind of Kingship, son following the father.
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The first four Caliphs in Islam are regarded as the Khulfa-e-Rashidun or The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs. These caliphs are regarded as the most famous and comprise of Hazrat Abu Bakr, Hazrat Umar, Hazrat Usman as well as Hazrat Ali.
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