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
Events whose proleptic Gregorian date falls on this calendar day. Hijri stays canonical for early Islamic history; modern entries were recorded in Gregorian.
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