18 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 15 AH

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18 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 15 AH · ≈ Tuesday 21 January 637

After a forty-day siege of his house, the third caliph is killed over his muṣḥaf — the wound the community never fully closed.

18 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 35 AH17 Jun 656DayAttestedRashidun · Hijaz · Death

YEAR-PRECISE — THIS YEAR IN 15 AH

Four days on the desert’s edge break Sasanian field power; Ctesiphon and Iraq follow.

15 AH≈ 636 CEYearDisputedRashidun · Iraq · Battle

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