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2 Rabīʿ al-Awwal 16 AH · ≈ Thursday 3 April 637
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Fall of Granada — the last emirate of al-Andalus surrenders سقوط غرناطة

Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad XII hands the Alhambra to Ferdinand and Isabella, ending seven and a half centuries of Muslim rule in Iberia.

2 Rabīʿ al-Awwal 897 AH2 Jan 1492DayAttestedAndalusi · al-Andalus · Conquest
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Death of Imam Mālik ibn Anas وفاة الإمام مالك

The imam of Madinah, author of the Muwaṭṭaʾ, dies in the city he almost never left, in his mid-eighties.

Rabīʿ al-Awwal 179 AH≈ May 795MonthAttestedAbbasid · Hijaz · Death

Construction of Masjid Qubāʾ begins بناء مسجد قباء

During the days at Qubāʾ the first mosque of Islam is laid out — "founded upon taqwā from the first day".

Rabīʿ al-Awwal 1 AH≈ Sep 622MonthTraditionalProphetic era · Hijaz · Founding
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ʿUmar receives the surrender of Jerusalem العهدة العمرية

The caliph accepts the city’s surrender in person and grants the assurance later known as the Pact of ʿUmar.

16 AH≈ 637 CEYearAttestedRashidun · Levant · Treaty
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