the ledger of connections
The Connections of Abu Bakr
1st Rashidun Caliph and father-in-law of Muhammad Every person recorded alongside Abu Bakr in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Abu Bakr in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Abu Quhafa, Salma Umm-ul-Khair
- Spouses
- Qutaylah bint Abd-al-Uzza, Umm Ruman, Asma bint Umays, Habiba bint Kharija
- Children
- Aisha bint Abi Bakr, Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakr, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, Asmā' bint Abu Bakr, Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, Umm Kulthum bint Abi Bakr
- Siblings
- Qurayba bint Abi Quhafa, Umm Amir bint Abu Quhafa, Umm Farwa bint Abi Quhafa
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 573 CE to 634 CE.
Medieval era
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE
Final Prophet of Islam whose message united Arabia and today guides two billion people
Medieval era
Hasan ibn Ali
March 1, 625 CE – 669 CE
5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam
Medieval era
Muawiya I
603 CE – 680 CE
Founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate (r. 661–680)
Medieval era
Prince Shotoku
February 7, 574 CE – April 8, 622 CE
Semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)
Medieval era
Raedwald of East Anglia
c. 550 CE – 624 CE
7th-century Anglo-Saxon king
Medieval era
Augustine of Canterbury
c. 550 CE – c. 605 CE
6th-century missionary, archbishop, and saint
Medieval era
Æthelberht of Kent
552 CE – February 24, 612 CE
King of Kent from 589
Medieval era
Penda of Mercia
606 CE – November 15, 655 CE
7th-century King of Mercia
Medieval era
Oswald of Northumbria
604 CE – August 5, 642 CE
King of Northumbria
Medieval era
Edwin of Northumbria
586 CE – October 12, 633 CE
King of Deira and Bernicia
Medieval era
Isidore of Seville
560 CE – April 4, 636 CE
Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and bishop (c. 560–636)
Medieval era
Columba
December 7, 521 CE – June 9, 597 CE
6th‑century Gaelic Irish missionary monk, Christian saint, pioneer of Celtic Christianity in Scotland and “Apostle of the Picts”