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Abu Bakr, or Abu-Bekr 573-634.
`Father of the virgin', name used by
Abd-el-Ka'aba from about 618 when the prophet
Muhammad married his daughter Ayesha. He was
a close adviser to Muhammad in the period
622-32. On the prophet's death, he became the
first caliph adding Mesopotamia to the Muslim
world and instigating expansion into Iraq and
Syria. Traditionally he is supposed to have
encouraged some of those who had known
Muhammad to memorize his teachings; these
words were later written down to form the
Koran.
Subject by: Russell Webb