Caliph Ali

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  • Mar 13, 624

    Distinguished as a warrior

    This battle is where Ali defeated the Umayyad champion, Walid ibn Utba as well as many other Meccan soldiers in battle.
  • Jan 1, 632

    Comlpied a complete version of the Qur'an

    Six months after the death of Muhammad, Ali had complied a full version of the Qur'an. The version was finished and carried by camel to show to the other people of Medina.
  • Period: Jan 1, 632 to Jan 1, 656

    Life after Muhammad

    Ali did not participate in any battles or conquests. He did not take any exectutive positions and withdrew any political affairs, especially after the death of his wife.
  • Jun 18, 656

    Caliphate

    Caliphate
    Ali was appointed Caliph when both other canidates, Talhah and al-Zubayr, refused, even though he refused the position as well.
  • Feb 28, 661

    Death

    Death
    Three days before, while the Caliph prayed at the Great Mosque in Kufa, he was assasignated by a group called the Khawarij Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam with a poison coated sword.

  • Birth of Ali

    Ali was born on March 17, 599 A.D. Some Shi'a beliefs suggest that he was born in the Ka'aba in Mecca, where he stayed for three days with his mother.