18 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 169 AH

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18 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 169 AH · ≈ Tuesday 20 June 786

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 169 AH

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dākhil founds the mosque whose horseshoe arcades become the signature of the Muslim West.

169 AH≈ 786 CEYearTraditionalAndalusi · al-Andalus · Founding

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