rashidun

In 647, outside the temporary capital of the exarchate of Africa, Sufetula, the Muslims crushed the Roman army, killing the exarch Gregory. Leaving the rest of the Roman Maghreb defenceless. Commanded by some of the most senior of companions of the prophet: But instead of pressing on, they...

I've been a regular lurker on this forum for a while, and decided to pick this account back up again. Being a Muslim IRL, this PoD has always fascinated me, so I decided to post on the forum and see what you fine folk think, with the idea of maybe making a timeline if there's some interest in...

As the tin says, what if Khosrow II accepted the offer Heraclius made in 615 when, per Wikipedia, he “agreed to stand down and was about ready to allow the Byzantine Empire to become a Persian client state, even permitting Khosrow II to choose the emperor.[20] In a letter delivered by his...

The nature of the Islamic/Caliphal conquests and the subsequent social effects as a result are extremely fascinating. The Caliphates of the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasids were unique in a historical context, they where distinctly Arab in character through their culture, customs, ruling elite and...

Muhammed (PBUH) wife, Ayesha, was one of the most prominent figures in early Islam. Considered one of the best scholars of Islamic jurisprudence during her lifetime, Ayesha preached Jumuah sermons in the Prophet's Masjid, led soldiers into battle and enjoyed major political influence in the...

While looking from a broad macro-historical perspective the conquests were quick and inevitable after the devastation of the war of 602-628 and the various internal crises both the Byzantines and Sassanids had to deal with afterward, Umar(RA), after defeating the Byzantines and Sassanids at...

The plague of Emmaeus, rendered in Arabic as Amwas, was a recurrence of the bubonic plague epidemics that had afflicted the region, and was likely a resurgence of the plague of Justinian. It started in the city of Amwas, captured after the victories at Ajnadayn and Yarmouk, in the army camp...

In 644 AD, a Persian who had been captured and enslaved at the Battle of Qadisiyyah(or Nahavand) known as Pirus Nahavandi, struck down Umar and stabbed him in the belly several times, while he was praying in Al-Masjid-an-Nabawi. Umar was a reasonably competent ruler, who established an...

I couldn't find a convenient event to use as my POD, there wasn't anything in the sources, but this is alternate history, maybe he dies from a minor recurrence of the Plague of Sheroe, and subsequenly, the Sassanid realm is balkanized, with central authority completely collapsing, and local...

In 661 AD, or around 40 AH, some disgruntled members of an extremist sect known as the Khawarij attempted to assassinate both Muawiyah and Ali for the grave sin of arbitrating the First Fitna, and succeeded with only Ali. What if Muawyiah had been assasinated, but Ali survived, having been...

Khalid ibn al-Walid is widely considered to have been one of the greatest generals in history. He never lost a battle in his long military career, and defeated two of the greatest empires of his day. For his great success, he earned the title Saif-ullah (The Sword of Allah). But while he's most...

I am not an expert on this era, but imagine a world where the Sasanian Empire of Persia had defeated the Byzantine Empire at some point during the later stages of their final war from 602 to 628 - that is, at some point in the 620s. I am sure that there are any number of points of divergence...

The Romans had superior men and more experienced forces (Roman-Persian Wars). What if the Roman forced annihilated the Rashidun forces at Yarmouk. Would they be able to mount an invasion of Arabia?

"In Ayannid-era hagiographical works of Seerah and modern academic treatments of the Prophet’s life alike, there is a tendency to relegate the Ghazwah of Mut’ah to a role of utter insignificance. This has mostly been due to fact that the confrontation at Mut’ah didn't result in any lasting...

I've been wanting to hear your guys opinions on who else would have been a good candidate for becoming the empire to end the Byzantines. Planning on making an alt history scenario based on this, just a simple poll though for now.

In 656, Rashidun caliph Uthman was assassinated by an angry mob of muslim pilgrims invading his house. His death sparked a succession crisis, known as the First Fitna, which briefly interrupted the expansion of the Rashidun caliphate, yet led to the creation of the Umayyad caliphate. But what if...

What if, due to some PoD, the Ummayyad takeover of the early islamic caliphate never happens, and the Rashidun line of caliphs survived? Were there any structural differences between the politics of the Ummayyad and Rashidun caliphates? If so, then how will they affect the territorial expansion...

Historically after Khosrau II's failed invasion, the Byzantines were much more stable than the Sassanids on the eve of the Arab conquest, and were able to retreat to their core territories and survive. With the latest POD possible, how could the Byzantines fall completely, and the Sassanids...

626: The siege of Constantinople in 626 was both the culmination of the last great Roman-Persian War and the first of centuries' worth of large-scale attacks on the New Rome. The Sasanians had marched from their homelands in Mesopotamia and the Iranian Plateau all the way to the Asian side of...