{"slug": "khawarij", "label": "Khawarij", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khawarij", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 13, "years": 12, "span": [661, 958], "span_label": ["661 CE", "958 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 9}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ifriqiya", "label": "Ifriqiya", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "berber-people", "label": "Berber people", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "algeria", "label": "Algeria", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "fatimid-caliphate", "label": "Fatimid Caliphate", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "tlemcen", "label": "Tlemcen", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "upper-mesopotamia", "label": "Upper Mesopotamia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "north-africa", "label": "North Africa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"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": 697, "year_label": "697 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Syrian forces under Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, governor of Iraq, defeat the Persian Kharijites, who have captured the city of Mosul and occupy large parts of Mesopotamia (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361010652#Arabian_Empire", "title": "697", "revid": 1361010652, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 746, "year_label": "746 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani, leader of the Kharijites", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809747#Deaths", "title": "746", "revid": 1340809747, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 746, "year_label": "746 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August or September – Battle of Kafartuta: Caliph Marwan II defeats and kills Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani, leader of the Kharijites, in Upper Mesopotamia. The rebels withdraw across the River Tigris, escaping destruction.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809747#Umayyad_Caliphate", "title": "746", "revid": 1340809747, "section": "Events › By place › Umayyad Caliphate"}}, {"year": 752, "year_label": "752 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri, ruler of Ifriqiya (North Africa), dispatches a Muslim army and reconquers Tripolitania from the Ibadites (a puritanical Khaijite sect), driving their remnants south into the Nafusa Mountains (northwestern Libya).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809787#Africa", "title": "752", "revid": 1340809787, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 757, "year_label": "757 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The city of Sijilmasa (modern Morocco) is founded by the Miknasa, a Zenata Berber tribe. They adopt Kharijism-Islam, and establish the Emirate of Sijilmasa in the northern Sahara. It becomes a wealthy trading center as the western end-point of the Trans-Saharan trade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341678247#Africa", "title": "AD 757", "revid": 1341678247, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 767, "year_label": "767 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Kharijite Berbers of Tlemcen and Tiaret try to conquer Ifriqiya from the Abbasid Caliphate, but fail to capture the capital of Kairouan (modern Tunisia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350246348#Africa", "title": "AD 767", "revid": 1350246348, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 873, "year_label": "873 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Abu Yazid, Kharijite Berber leader (d. 947)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267072669#Births", "title": "873", "revid": 1267072669, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 896, "year_label": "896 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Kharijite Rebellion: The Kharijite uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate in Jazira is ended. Caliph Al-Mu'tadid reunifies the entire province under central government, and installs his son and heir, Al-Muktafi, as governor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346094345#Arabian_Empire", "title": "896", "revid": 1346094345, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 944, "year_label": "944 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Abu Yazid, a Kharijite Berber leader, launches a rebellion in the Aurès Mountains (modern Algeria) against the Fatamids, seeking aid from the Caliphate of Córdoba in Al-Andalus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512279#Africa", "title": "944", "revid": 1341512279, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 947, "year_label": "947 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – Abu Yazid, a Kharijite Berber leader who has led a rebellion against the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya, is defeated in the Hodna Mountains (modern-day Algeria). Caliph al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah sets about restoring the Fatimid dominion over North Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367671594#Arabian_Empire", "title": "947", "revid": 1367671594, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 955, "year_label": "955 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Kharijite Banu Ya'la tribe revolts against the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya and destroys the city of Oran (modern Algeria). They construct a new capital, Ifgan, near Mascara.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512718#Africa", "title": "955", "revid": 1341512718, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 958, "year_label": "958 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Fatimid general Abu al-Hasan Jawhar ibn Abd Allah takes Ifgan, the capital of the rebellious Kharijite Banu Ya'la tribe. In the following two years, Jawhar conquers most of the north of modern-day Morocco and Algeria. In particular, he conquers the cities of Tangier, Sijilmasa and Tlemcen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468198#Africa", "title": "958", "revid": 1364468198, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}]}