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This battle is where Ali defeated the Umayyad champion, Walid ibn Utba as well as many other Meccan soldiers in battle.
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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.
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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.
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Ali was appointed Caliph when both other canidates, Talhah and al-Zubayr, refused, even though he refused the position as well.
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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.
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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.
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