18 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 50 AH

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18 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 50 AH · ≈ Monday 6 January 671

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 50 AH

ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ plants a permanent camp on the Ifrīqiyan steppe — the base that anchors Islam in the Maghreb.

50 AH≈ 670 CEYearTraditionalUmayyad · Maghreb · Founding

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