24 Jumādā al-Ūlā 50 AH

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24 Jumādā al-Ūlā 50 AH · ≈ Wednesday 19 June 670

Jawhar the Sicilian breaks ground for the mosque of the new Cairo — the future thousand-year university.

24 Jumādā al-Ūlā 359 AH≈ 4 Apr 970DayTraditionalFatimid · Egypt · Founding

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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