{"slug": "kufa", "label": "Kufa", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufa", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q186234", "qid": "Q186234", "description": "city in Iraq", "entries": 12, "years": 12, "span": [609, 927], "span_label": ["609 CE", "927 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}], "related": [{"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "muslim", "label": "Muslim", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "muhammad", "label": "Muhammad", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rashidun-caliphate", "label": "Rashidun Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ali", "label": "Ali", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "abd-al-malik-ibn-marwan", "label": "Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baghdad", "label": "Baghdad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sassanid-empire", "label": "Sassanid Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 609, "year_label": "609 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Dhi Qar: Arab tribesmen of Bakr ibn Wa'il defeat a Persian force (5,000 men), at a watering place near Kufa (Southern Iraq).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267077538#Persia", "title": "609", "revid": 1267077538, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": 634, "year_label": "634 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of the Bridge: Persian forces (10,000 men) under Bahman Jadhuyih defeat the Muslim Arabs at the Euphrates (near Kufa). The sight of elephants panics the Muslims, and many are killed. Bahman does not pursue the fleeing Arab army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1299946990#Persia", "title": "634", "revid": 1299946990, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"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": 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": 680, "year_label": "680 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Yazid I, son of Muawiyah I, becomes the sixth caliph (second Umayyad caliph) but Kufans in Mesopotamia rebel and invite Hussein ibn Ali (grandson of Muhammad) to take the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331672551#Arabian_Empire", "title": "680", "revid": 1331672551, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 685, "year_label": "685 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of 'Ayn al-Warda: An Umayyad army (20,000 men) under Husayn ibn Numayr defeats the pro-Alid Kufans at Ras al-'Ayn (Syria).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749113#Arabian_Empire", "title": "685", "revid": 1364749113, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 686, "year_label": "686 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, former governor of Mesopotamia, tries to regain control of his province, as the various Muslim tribes in the region Kufa (Iraq) are engaged in an Islamic civil war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367994465#Arabian_Empire", "title": "686", "revid": 1367994465, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 701, "year_label": "701 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Dayr al-Jamajim: Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan sends Syrian troops to reinforce the Muslim army of Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf. He faces a 200,000-man army under Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath near Kufa (modern Iraq). Al-Ash'ath is defeated, and his rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate fails.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806807#Arabian_Empire", "title": "701", "revid": 1340806807, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 749, "year_label": "749 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Abbasid Revolution: Muslim forces under Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i defeat a large Umayyad army (50,000 men) at Isfahan, and invade Iraq, taking the city of Kufa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938976#Arabian_Empire", "title": "749", "revid": 1365938976, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 750, "year_label": "750 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – Marwan II is caught and killed at Faiyum by supporters of the Abbasid caliph As-Saffah. Almost the entire Umayyad Dynasty is assassinated; Prince Abd al-Rahman I escapes to Al-Andalus. The Abbasids assume control of the Islamic world and establish their first capital at Kufa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358128937#Arab_Caliphate", "title": "750", "revid": 1358128937, "section": "Events › Arab Caliphate"}}, {"year": 762, "year_label": "762 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – Caliph al-Mansur moves the seat of the Abbasid Caliphate from Kufa to the new capital of Baghdad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847727#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "762", "revid": 1340847727, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 927, "year_label": "927 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 7", "text": "7 December – The Sajid emir of Adharbayjan, Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj is defeated and captured by the Qarmatians near Kufa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341517107#Asia", "title": "927", "revid": 1341517107, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}