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25 Rabīʿ al-Thānī 21 AH · ≈ Tuesday 2 April 642
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Battle of Ḥaṭṭīn معركة حطين

The Crusader field army is destroyed near Tiberias, opening the road to Jerusalem three months later.

25 Rabīʿ al-Thānī 583 AH4 Jul 1187DayAttestedAyyubid · Levant · Battle
YEAR-PRECISE — THIS YEAR IN 21 AH

Founding of al-Fusṭāṭ تأسيس الفسطاط

ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ plants the tent-city by the Babylon fortress — the seed of what will become Cairo.

21 AH≈ 642 CEYearTraditionalRashidun · Egypt · Founding
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