{"slug": "ali", "label": "Ali", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39619", "qid": "Q39619", "description": "4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia Imam", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [535, 661], "span_label": ["535 CE", "661 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 6}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "rashidun-caliphate", "label": "Rashidun Caliphate", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "muhammad", "label": "Muhammad", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kufa", "label": "Kufa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "euphrates", "label": "Euphrates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "raqqa", "label": "Raqqa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "april", "label": "April", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shia-islam", "label": "Shia Islam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "khawarij", "label": "Khawarij", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "imamah-shia-doctrine", "label": "Imamah (Shia doctrine)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muawiyah-i", "label": "Muawiyah I", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 535, "year_label": "535 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of the prophet Muhammad, father of Ali Ibn Abi Talib (d. 619)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342880383#Births", "title": "535", "revid": 1342880383, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 594, "year_label": "594 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ali ibn Abi Talib born(13 rajab), first Shia Imam (d. 661)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756331#Births", "title": "594", "revid": 1364756331, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 600, "year_label": "600 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muslim caliph and Shī‘ah imām (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751689#Births", "title": "600", "revid": 1364751689, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 601, "year_label": "601 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Ali, central figure in Shia Islam (d. 661)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364903478#Births", "title": "601", "revid": 1364903478, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 607, "year_label": "607 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ali ibn Abi Talib, ruler of the Rashidun Caliphate (d. 661)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802681#Births", "title": "607", "revid": 1340802681, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 631, "year_label": "631 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, son of Abu Bakr and brought up by Ali", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749921#Births", "title": "631", "revid": 1364749921, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 656, "year_label": "656 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – Uthman ibn Affan is murdered at Medina after an 11-year reign. He is succeeded by Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi-Talib, who becomes the fourth caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. He makes Kufah (Iraq) his capital, but the succession is disputed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635539#Arabian_Empire", "title": "656", "revid": 1367635539, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 657, "year_label": "657 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26 - July 28 – Battle of Siffin: Muslim forces under Ali ibn Abi-Talib fight an inconclusive battle against Mu'awiya I, on the banks of the Euphrates, near Raqqa (Syria).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804374#Arab_Empire", "title": "657", "revid": 1340804374, "section": "Events › By place › Arab Empire"}}, {"year": 658, "year_label": "658 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April", "text": "April: Amr ibn al-As and Abu Musa al-Ashari conclude the arbitration agreement that ended the Battle of Siffin the previous year, declaring Caliph Ali deposed and declaring Muawiyah as the legitimate Caliph. This badly damages Ali's standing among the Caliphate, and paves the way for the end of the First Fitna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369710051#Rashiduin_Caliphate", "title": "658", "revid": 1369710051, "section": "Events › By place › Rashiduin Caliphate"}}, {"year": 661, "year_label": "661 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – Assassination of Ali: Ali ibn Abi Talib, first Shia imam and fourth caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, is struck on the head with a poisoned sword by the Khawarij Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam, while at prayer at a shrine at Kufa (modern-day), dying two days later. His son, Hasan ibn Ali, is chosen by Muslims to succeed him as the next leader. According to the Umayyads, he is succeeded by Muawiyah I as Caliph, age 59, who moves his seat of government to Damascus, and founds the Umayyad Caliphate, ending the Rashidun Caliphate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804600#Arabian_Empire_(Islamic_Caliphate)", "title": "661", "revid": 1340804600, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire (Islamic Caliphate)"}}, {"year": 661, "year_label": "661 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – Ali, first Shia Imam and Fourth Rashidun Caliph (b. 601) (martyred)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804600#Deaths", "title": "661", "revid": 1340804600, "section": "Deaths"}}]}