Islam timeline
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Uthman, Third Righteous Caliph, is killed by rebels
The Third Righteous Caliph, Uthman, was killed at the end of a Siege. When the rebels besieged the house of Uthman, the siege was not severe at the... Read more
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Ali makes Kufa his new capital
Ali's stay in Basra was not long. Having appointed Abdullah bin Abbas as the governor, Ali repaired to Kufa in 36/657 and made it the seat of his... Read more
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Battle of Siffin-Mu'awiya, governor of Syria, claims the caliphate
In Syria, disorder and incitement to commotion continued unabated. Uthman's shirt, besmeared with his blood and the chopped-off fingers of his... Read more
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Arbitration at Adruh - Mu'awiya opposes Ali
It was decided that the Syrians and the residents of Kufa should nominate an arbitrator each to decide between Ali and Muawiya. The Syrians choice... Read more
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Umayyad Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate (Arabic: بنو أمية, Banu Umayyah) was the second of the four Islamic caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. It... Read more
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Hasan ibn Ali, second imam of the Shi'ites, is poisoned and killed
Muawiyah wished to pass the caliphate to his own son Yazid ibn Muawiyah, and saw Hasan ibn Ali as an obstacle to his plans. And thus Muawiyah... Read more
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The Second Fitna
The Second Fitna, or Second Islamic Civil War, was a period of general political and military disorder that afflicted the Islamic world during the... Read more
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Battle of Karbala
The Battle of Karbala took place on Muharram 10, in the year 61 of the Islamic calendar (October 9 or 10, 680) in Karbala, in present day Iraq. On... Read more
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Second Arab siege of Constantinople
The Second Arab Siege of Constantinople (717-718) was a combined land and sea effort by the Arabs to take the capital city of the Byzantine Empire,... Read more
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The Battle of Tours (Poitiers)
The Battle of Tours (October 10, 732), also called the Battle of Poitiers and in Arabic: معركة بلاط الشهداء (ma‘arakat Balâṭ ash-Shuhadâ’) Battle... Read more
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The Battle of the Nobles
The Battle of the Nobles (Arabic: غزوة الأشراف, Ghazwat al-Ashraf) was a decisive confrontation in the Berber Revolt in c. 740 CE. It resulted in... Read more
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Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate (Arabic: العبّاسيّون, al-‘Abbāsīyūn) was the third of the Islamic Caliphates of the Islamic Empire. It was ruled by the... Read more
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Battle of the Zab
The Battle of the Zab took place on the banks of the Great Zab river in what is now Iraq on January 25, 750. It spelled the end of the Umayyad... Read more
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The Battle of Talas
The Battle of Talas(怛羅斯會戰) in 751 AD was a conflict between the Arab Abbasid Caliphate and the Chinese Tang Dynasty for control of the Syr Darya.... Read more
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Foundation of Baghdad
Founded on 30 July 762 by the Abbasid dynasty, at the request of the caliph al-Mansur. The goal was to replace Harran as the seat of the caliphal... Read more
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Muslims capture the city of Messina
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the city was successively conquered by the Goths, then by the Byzantine Empire in 535, by the Arabs in 842, and... Read more
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Mansur al-Hallaj is born
Mansur al-Hallaj (Persian: منصور حلاج - Mansūr-e Hallāj; Arabic: منصور الحلاج - Mansūr al-Hallāj; full name Abū al-Mughīth Husayn Mansūr... Read more
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Quarmatians sack Mecca, carry the Black Stone away from the Ka'aba
Sources, including the 2007 Britannica, state that the damage to the Black Stone occurred as the result of a theft in 930 CE, when Qarmatian... Read more
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Abd-ar-Rahman III declares himself Caliph of Cordoba
Rulers of the Emirate were content to use the title emir or sultan until the 10th century, when Abd-ar-Rahman III was faced with the threat of... Read more
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The Fatimids conquer Egypt
In 969 the Fatimid general Jawhar as-Siqilli was placed at the head of an army said to number 100,000 men and attempted to seize Egypt. He had... Read more
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Buluggin ibn Ziri founds the rule of the Zirids Algeria
When the Fatimids moved their base to Egypt in 972, Ziri's son Buluggin ibn Ziri (971-984) was appointed viceroy of Ifriqiya. The removal of the... Read more
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Hisham II acends to Caliph of Cordoba
Hisham II ('ھشام) was the third Caliph of Cordoba, of the Umayyad dynasty. He ruled 976-1009, and 1010-1013 in the Al-Andalus (Moorish... Read more
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Mahmud of Ghaznavid defeats the Hindu Shahis
Mahmud's first campaign to the south was against the Ismaili Fatimid Kingdom at Multan in a bid to curry political favor and recognition with the... Read more
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Abd ar-Rahman IV becomes Caliph of Cordoba
Abd ar-Rahman IV Mortada (عبدالرحمن) was the Caliph of Cordoba in the Umayyad dynasty of the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia), succeeding Suleiman II,... Read more
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Conquest of Punjab by Mahmud of Ghaznavid
In 977 AD, the Turkic ruler Sabuktigin acceded to the throne of the small kingdom of Ghazni in central Afghanistan. In the 980s, Subuktigin... Read more