Abu Bakr

Abu Bakr (, alternative spellings, Abubakar, Abi Bakr, Abu Bakar) (ca. 573 – August 23, 634) ruled as the first of the Muslim caliphs (632 – 634).

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Abu Bakr was born in Mecca, a Quraishi of the Banu Taim clan. According to early Muslim historians, he was a merchant, and highly esteemed as a judge, as an interpreter of dreams, and as one learned in Meccan traditions. He was one of the last people anyone would have expected to convert to the faith preached by his kinsman Muhammad. Yet he was one of the first converts to Islam (see below) and instrumental in converting many of the Quraish and the residents of Mecca.

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