MAWAQIT
MAWAQIT
The Prophet’s ﷺ grandson and some seventy of his family and companions are killed on ʿĀshūrāʾ by the army sent to bar his way to Kūfah.
The fortified oasis north of Madinah falls fortress by fortress; ʿAlī’s standard at al-Qamūṣ enters the tradition’s memory.
Al-Manṣūr breaks ground on the Round City between the rivers — capital of the ʿAbbāsids and, soon, of the world’s learning.