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The Rightly-Guided Caliphs
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/politics/firstfourcaliphs.html
Explains the Muslim concept of Caliph, and profiles the first four who succeeded the Prophet Muhammad; known as The Rightly-Guided Caliphs.
The Four Righteous Caliphs
http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/itl/denise/right.htm
A history of the first four caliphs to rule after the death of Muhammad, until the rise to power of the Umayyad dynasty. Includes a map.
Restatement of History of Islam and Muslims
http://al-islam.org/restatement/
An online book by Sayed Ali Asgher Razwy presents the Shia interpretation of early Islam, from 570 to 661 CE, as a movement launched by the Prophet Muhammad, consummated with the support of his vicegerent 'Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Medieval Sourcebook: Pact of Umar, 7th Century
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/pact-umar.html
Supposed to have been the peace accord offered by the Caliph Umar to the Christians of Syria; it formed the pattern of later management of the status of non-Muslims.
Medieval Sourcebook: Accounts of The Arab Conquest of Egypt, 642
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/642Egypt-conq2.html
A Coptic account from "The History of The Patriarchs of Alexandria", and an Arab account from Al-Baladhuri's "The Conquest of Alexandria".
Islamic History from 570 to 1000
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/dawahpage/hist.html
Excerpts from "A Chronolgy of Islamic History: 570-1000 CE" by H.U. Rahman, covering the period to Abu Bakr's military expedition to Syria and Palestine in 633.