First Islamic state

State of Medina
Arabic: دولة المدينة
622–632
Sunan Ibn Majah 2818 Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1681
alt=Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1681 Sunan Ibn Majah 2818 Sunan Ibn Majah 2817 Sunan an-Nasa'i 2866
Left: Banner of Muhammad


Right: Standard of Muhammad
Green and light green areas redirects the Muslim conquests under the lead of Muhammad from Islamic Medina.
Green and light green areas redirects the Muslim conquests under the lead of Muhammad from Islamic Medina.
The State of Medina at its greatest peak, 632 AD.
The State of Medina at its greatest peak, 632 AD.
CapitalMedina
Common languagesClassical Arabic
Religion
Islam (official)
Judaism
Christianity
GovernmentTheocratic[1] Islamic state
Islamic Prophet, Statesman 
• 623–632
Muhammad
History 
622
623
627
628
630
632
CurrencyDinar
Dirham
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Sasanian Yemen
Mazun (Sasanian province)
Rashidun Caliphate

The first Islamic State, also known as State of Medina,[2] was the first Islamic state established by Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina in 622 under the Constitution of Medina. It represented the political unity of the Muslim Ummah (nation). After Muhammad's death, his companions known as the Rightly Guided Caliphs (Rashidun) founded the Rashidun Caliphate (632–661), which began massive expansion and motivated subsequent Islamic states, such as the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) and Abbasid caliphate (750–1258).

The Islamic prophet Muhammad came to the city of Medina following the migration of his followers in what is known as the Hijrah (migration to Medina) in 622. He had been invited to Medina by city leaders to adjudicate disputes between clans from which the city suffered.[3] He left Medina to return to and conquer Mecca in December 629.

  1. ^ "Muhammad completes Hegira". History.com. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ Khel, Muhammad Nazeer Kaka (1982). "Foundation of the Islamic State at Medina and Its Constitution". Islamic Studies. 21 (3): 61–88. ISSN 0578-8072. JSTOR 20847209.
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