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| | Abu Bakr |
 | | Abu Bakr had scarcely assumed his new position (632), under the title Califet-Resul-Allah ("successor of the prophet of God"), when he was called to suppress the revolt of some tribes in Hejaz and Nejd, of which the former rejected Islam and the latter refused to pay tribute. |
 | | He encountered formidable opposition from different quarters, but in every case he was successful, the severest struggle being that with the impostor Mosailima, who was finally defeated by Khalid bin Walid at the battle of Akraba. |
 | | Abu Bakr's zeal for the spread of the new faith was as conspicuous as that of its founder had been. |
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