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Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik walked so Mehmed II could run.

Rightly Guided: Zaid ibn Haritha and his Rashidun Caliphate Introducing the TL Hey, everybody! This is my first TL (huzzah) and you've just seen the POD. In OTL, the Battle of Mut’ah, a Muslim raid sent against the Byzantine Empire in retribution for the death of a Muslim missionary in Basra...

Historically the ERE did make moves to take advantage of the fitna and Muawiya sent a letter stating that he would join forces with Ali should the ERE invade.

The de facto capital is now Seville IIRC.

Well there certainly wouldn't be an Sunni-Shia split.

The Rashidun Caliphate descending into civil war had absolutely nothing to do with the slowing down of conquests and everything to do with the Kharijite and Shiite schisms.

I think it would've been coined after the Umayyad dynasty rose to power in order to distinguish it from the preceding government.

I'd hate to see the end of such a well crafted AH.

Take all the time you need.

Converts to Islam were second-class citizens in Al-Andalus.

There were different leaders a century earlier.

Do the Wittelsbachs have the throne?