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Ali

4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia Imam

11 dated entries naming Ali, drawn from 10 separate years between 535 CE and 661 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

  • 535Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of the prophet Muhammad, father of Ali Ibn Abi Talib (d. 619)source
  • 594Ali ibn Abi Talib born(13 rajab), first Shia Imam (d. 661)source
  • 600Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muslim caliph and Shī‘ah imām (approximate date)source

7th century

  • 601September 13 – Ali, central figure in Shia Islam (d. 661)source
  • 607Ali ibn Abi Talib, ruler of the Rashidun Caliphate (d. 661)source
  • 631Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, son of Abu Bakr and brought up by Alisource
  • 656June 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.source
  • 657July 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).source
  • 658April: 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.source
  • 661January 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.source
  • 661January 28 – Ali, first Shia Imam and Fourth Rashidun Caliph (b. 601) (martyred)source

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