21 Ramaḍān 50 AH

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21 Ramaḍān 50 AH · ≈ Saturday 12 October 670

Struck at the dawn prayer in Kūfah by a Khārijite blade, the fourth caliph dies two days later — the end of the Rashidun age.

21 Ramaḍān 40 AH28 Jan 661DayAttestedRashidun · Iraq · Death

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 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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