After a forty-day siege of his house, the third caliph is killed over his muṣḥaf — the wound the community never fully closed.
18 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 35 AH17 Jun 656DayAttestedRashidun · Hijaz · 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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