20 Jumādā al-Ūlā 50 AH

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20 Jumādā al-Ūlā 50 AH · ≈ Saturday 15 June 670

Mehmed II takes the city after 53 days of siege; eleven centuries of Byzantium end and Istanbul begins.

20 Jumādā al-Ūlā 857 AH29 May 1453DayAttestedOttoman · Anatolia · Conquest

Month-precise — Spanning this month:

Three thousand meet the Byzantine frontier army east of the Jordan; the three appointed commanders fall one after another.

Jumādā al-Ūlā 8 AH≈ Sep 629MonthAttestedProphetic era · Levant · Battle

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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