20 Ramaḍān 21 AH

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20 Ramaḍān 21 AH · ≈ Thursday 22 August 642

The Prophet ﷺ enters Makkah almost without a fight, grants a general amnesty, and clears the Kaʿbah of its idols.

20 Ramaḍān 8 AH10 Jan 630DayAttestedProphetic era · Hijaz · Conquest

Month-precise — Spanning this month:

In the cave of Ḥirāʾ the first verses descend: "Recite, in the name of your Lord who created."

Ramaḍān · before the Hijra≈ 610 CEMonthTraditionalProphetic era · Hijaz · Observance

Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād breaks the Visigothic army and King Roderic falls; al-Andalus opens in a single Ramaḍān.

Ramaḍān 92 AH≈ Jul 711MonthAttestedUmayyad · al-Andalus · Battle

YEAR-PRECISE — THIS YEAR IN 21 AH

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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