Fourth Rashidun and first Shia Imam caliph was assassinated by a Kharijite called Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Amr ibn Muljam al-Muradi on 26 January 661, at the Great Mosque of Kufah in present-day Iraq. It took place on 26 January 661 CE in what is now Iraq. The setting was Great Mosque of Kufa. Those involved included Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam. About 1 people died. Some 0 were injured.
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- c. 653 CEEruption of Dakataua
- from 656 CE to 661 CEFirst Fitna
- 661 CEDeath of Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
- from 661 CE to 750 CEUmayyad Caliphate
- 26 January 661 CEAssassination of Ali
- 670 CEConstruction of Great Mosque of Kairouan
- 670 CEConstruction of Kairouan
- 670 CEDeath of Brahmagupta
- from 680 CE to 1355Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
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