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Fall of Baghdad to the Mongols سقوط بغداد

Hülegü’s army enters the City of Peace; the last ʿAbbāsid caliph of Baghdad is killed and the age of the caliphate ends.

4 Ṣafar 656 AH10 Feb 1258DayAttestedAbbasid · Iraq · Conquest
YEAR-PRECISE — THIS YEAR IN 50 AH

Founding of al-Qayrawān تأسيس القيروان

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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