26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 169 AH

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26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 169 AH · ≈ Wednesday 28 June 786

The second caliph is stabbed leading the dawn prayer; he dies within days, leaving the choice of a successor to six.

26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 23 AH3 Nov 644DayAttestedRashidun · 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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