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Imamah (Shia doctrine)

12 dated entries naming Imamah (Shia doctrine), drawn from 12 separate years between 632 CE and 874 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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7th century

  • 632March 18 (approximate) – Muhammad makes his final sermon to the Muslims. It is believed by Shia to be the appointment of Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor. The Imamah (Shia doctrine) of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, for the religious, spiritual and political leadership of the Ummah, begins.source
  • 659Ali ibn Husayn Zayn, great-grandson of Muhammad and Shia Imamsource
  • 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
  • 670Hasan ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad and second Shi'a Imam (b. 625)source

8th century

  • 708Abd-Allah ibn Ibadh, Muslim jurist and imamsource
  • 712Ali ibn Husayn, fourth Shia Imamsource
  • 733Muhammad al-Baqir, fifth Shia imam and descendant of Muhammadsource
  • 766Ali al-Ridha, 8th Shia Imam (d. 818)source

9th century

  • 818Ali al-Ridha, 8th Shia Imam (b. 766)source
  • 846Hasan al-Askari, 11th Shia Imam (d. 874)source
  • 865Yahya ibn Umar, Muslim imam (or 864)source
  • 874January 4 – Hasan al-Askari, 11th Shia Imam (b. 846)source

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