- Reign of the first caliphs after Muhammad's death
- Muhammad died in 632 AD
- Capital: Medina (modern-day Saudi Arabia) until 656 AD
- Caliphs: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali
- Shia Muslims reject first three caliphs
- Conquered Arabian Peninsula, most of Byzantine Empire and Sasanian Empire
- First Fitna (civil war): 656 - 661 AD
- Succeeded by the Umayyad Caliphate