{"slug": "ali", "label": "Ali", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39619", "qid": "Q39619", "description": "4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia Imam", "entries": 17, "years": 15, "span": [535, 1802], "span_label": ["535 CE", "1802 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 7}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": ["Ali ibn Abi Talib"], "related": [{"slug": "muhammad", "label": "Muhammad", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "imamate-in-shia-doctrine", "label": "Imamate in Shia doctrine", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "rashidun-caliphate", "label": "Rashidun Caliphate", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "shia-islam", "label": "Shia Islam", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "mu-awiya-i", "label": "Mu'awiya I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kufa", "label": "Kufa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "euphrates", "label": "Euphrates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "raqqa", "label": "Raqqa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "april", "label": "April", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "uthman-ibn-affan", "label": "Uthman ibn Affan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 535, "year_label": "535 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of the prophet Muhammad, father of Ali Ibn Abi Talib (d. 619)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342880383#Births", "title": "535", "revid": 1342880383, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 555, "year_label": "555 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Fatimah bint Asad, mother of Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 626)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356951195#Births", "title": "555", "revid": 1356951195, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 594, "year_label": "594 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ali ibn Abi Talib born(13 rajab), first Shia Imam (d. 661)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756331#Births", "title": "594", "revid": 1364756331, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 600, "year_label": "600 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muslim caliph and Shī‘ah imām (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751689#Births", "title": "600", "revid": 1364751689, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 601, "year_label": "601 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Ali, central figure in Shia Islam (d. 661)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364903478#Births", "title": "601", "revid": 1364903478, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 607, "year_label": "607 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ali ibn Abi Talib, ruler of the Rashidun Caliphate (d. 661)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802681#Births", "title": "607", "revid": 1340802681, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 626, "year_label": "626 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Fatimah bint Asad, mother of Ali ibn Abi Talib (b. 555)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352126742#Deaths", "title": "626", "revid": 1352126742, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 629, "year_label": "629 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Jafar ibn Abi Talib, companion of Muhammad and older brother of Ali ibn Abi Talib", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803532#Deaths", "title": "629", "revid": 1340803532, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 631, "year_label": "631 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, son of Abu Bakr and brought up by Ali", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749921#Births", "title": "631", "revid": 1364749921, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 632, "year_label": "632 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 18", "text": "March 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370178497#Arabia", "title": "632", "revid": 1370178497, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 656, "year_label": "656 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635539#Arabian_Empire", "title": "656", "revid": 1367635539, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 657, "year_label": "657 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ammar ibn Yasir, companion of Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib (b. 570)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804374#Deaths", "title": "657", "revid": 1340804374, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 657, "year_label": "657 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 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).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804374#Arab_Empire", "title": "657", "revid": 1340804374, "section": "Events › By place › Arab Empire"}}, {"year": 658, "year_label": "658 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April", "text": "April: 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369710051#Rashiduin_Caliphate", "title": "658", "revid": 1369710051, "section": "Events › By place › Rashiduin Caliphate"}}, {"year": 661, "year_label": "661 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804600#Arabian_Empire_(Islamic_Caliphate)", "title": "661", "revid": 1340804600, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire (Islamic Caliphate)"}}, {"year": 661, "year_label": "661 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – Ali, first Shia Imam and Fourth Rashidun Caliph (b. 601) (martyred)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804600#Deaths", "title": "661", "revid": 1340804600, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1802, "year_label": "1802 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – About 12,000 Wahhabi Sunnis under the command of Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad, the second ruler of the First Saudi State attack and sack Karbala, kill between 2,000 and 5,000 inhabitants and plunder the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341741915#April–June", "title": "1802", "revid": 1341741915, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}