Arab Mounted Command

These figures can be used to represent the Prophet or any of his immediate successors: the khalifs Abu Bakr, Umar, Othman and Ali, from the "hijra" or flight of the Prophet to Medina until the establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate by Mu'awiya. Except in civil war the commanders typically charged at the head of their army, often bearing the army banner, which was the symbol of their authority.