User:SolaceEaSw/New Caliphate

POD: What if Muawiyah I did not appoint Yazid as his successor and instead opted for an elective caliphate?

Timeline Ideas Possible list of Caliphs:
 * Yazid is not appointed as the successor to the Caliph position, therefore upon his death, the Arabs elect the new Caliph.
 * Al-Zubayr wins the election, and is selected as the seventh Rashidun Caliph. Muawiyah is remembered as the sixth Rashidun Caliph.
 * Al-Zubayr dies by natural causes in 694. He is succeeded by Ali ibn Husayn.
 * 1) Abu Bakr (Quraysh) [632–634]
 * 2) Umar (Banu Taym) [634–644]
 * 3) Uthman (Umayyad) [644–656]
 * 4) Ali (Banu Taym) [656–661]
 * 5) Hasan (Quraysh) [661]
 * 6) Muawiyah (Umayyad) [661-680]
 * 7) Al-Zubayr (Bani Asid) [680-694]
 * 8) Ali ibn Husayn (Quraysh) [694-?]