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1. Rashidun Caliphate

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   Historiographical Note on Piety
   The term Rashidun ("Rightly Guided") itself reflects a retrospective theological construction, primarily formalized in later Sunni historiography. Scholars suggest that the emphasis on the "guidance" of these four leaders often serves to delegitimize subsequent caliphal and sultanic lines by establishing an unattainable benchmark of ideal governance and piety immediately following the Prophetic era [7].
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