Arab Dynasty Timeline
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Updated: 26 Oct 2018
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Created byRafael De La Paz
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Ali is murderedCaliph Mu’awiyah diesUqba Ibn Nafi leads an army into the MaghrebDome of the RockArabic Languge...Conquering of SpainBattle of ToursThe Caliphate of Walid II begins.Battle of AtlakhAccession of the Caliph al-Mansur, Abu Muslim having been assassinated.Spain SecedesThe newly founded city of Baghdad becomes the Abbasid capital.Death of Jafar al-SadiqThe Caliphate of Harun al-Rashid begins. His rule will last until 809, and marks the period of greatest cultural and intellectual achievement under the Abbasid dynasty. It is during his reign that the first anthologies of Hadith (reported sayings of the Prophet) appear, compiled by al-Bukhari and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. He will later appear as a central character in many of the tales in the Thousand and One Nights .
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