| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Abu-Bakr |
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| SYLLABICATION: | A·bu-Bakr |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ä b -bä k r |
| DATES: | 573–634 |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also A·bu Bekr (äb b kr) |
| First caliph of the Muslim empire (632–634). Ascending to power after the death of his son-in-law Muhammad, he made Islam a political and military force throughout Arabia.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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