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    ABBASID INFLUENCE ON AHADITH CORPUS   
          (To justify their political actions)  
        Caliph Abu al-Abbas (750 CE - 754 CE)  
     
Foundation of Baghdad and the New Abbasid capital
 
Death of 11th Shia Imam Hasan al-Askari 
 
  COLLECTION OF AHADITH  OFFICIALLY BANNED    
UMAYYAD CALIPHATE
    UMAYYAD CALIPHATE
 
IMAM SHAF'I IS BORN
   
Death of 10th Shia Imam (Ali al-Hadi)
  Son - Abu al-Qasi (al-Mahdi) goes into occultation  
The 'Occultation' of Imam Mahdi as a transcendent phenomena announced
 
   
COLLECTION OF AHADITH  OFFICIALLY ALLOWED
    HADITH INFLUENCES  
  Son - Hasan al-Askari lives as prisoner in Samarra    The Hidden Imam  
 
  CALIPH 1        
 IMAM BUKHARI IS BORN
   
  SHIA  
  CALIPH ABU BAKR   CALIPH UMAR ASSASSINATED           ABBASID INFLUENCE ON AHADITH CORPUS

(To justify their political actions)

  Nothing from Ibn Ishaq's own writings survives  
  Bukhara (Modern day Uzbekistan)    IMAM BUKHARI'S AHADITH  
 SUNAN AL NASAI AHADITH CORPUS
    SHIA  
 
 
NAHJ AL BALAGHA
 
  Disagreements arise with regards successor - Hall of B.Saida      
Yazid Becomes Caliph
Yazid Dies  
Dome of the Rock completed in Jerusalem
  Historian   UMMAYAD INFLUENCE ON AHADITH CORPUS      IBN ISHAQ COMPLETES SIRA OF PROPHET  
 AL TABARI IS BORN
 
COMPLETES AHADITH COLLECTION 
 
 MUSLIM AHADITH CORPUS
   SUNAN IBN MAJA AHADITH CORPUS  
 SUNAN ABU DAUD AHADITH CORPUS
   SUNAN AL TIRMIDHI AHADITH CORPUS  
 KITAB AL KAFI AHADITH CORPUS
   
 
  CALIPH UTHMAN   CALIPH UTHMAN ASSASINATED  
Death of Infant son Muawiyyah II
   IMAM ABU HANIFA IS BORN  
IBN ISHAQ IS BORN
   IMAM MALIK IS BORN   (To justify their political actions)  
 
FITNA
   
 
 
IMAM HANBAL IS BORN
  Inclination of Caliph to Mutazilah Rationalistic Theology    
  CALIPH 2  
CALIPH 3
 
KUFA, IRAQ
 
MADINAH
    Muslims vs Muslims  
Caliphate of Harun Al-Rashid (786 CE  - 809 CE)
 
Death of Imam Malik
 
Al- Tabari (Historian) Dies
 
 
 
CALIPH UMAR  
Muslims conquer Jerusalem
 
 
CALIPH ALI IBN TALIB   CALIPH ALI IBN TALIB ASSASINATED  
Caliph al-Mansur (754 CE - 775 CE)
 
Caliphate of Al-Mamum 
 
Ali al-Hadi  (10th Shia Imam) imprisoned in Samarra
 
Death of Imam Hanbal (ahl- al Hadith)
 
      CALIPH 4  
Death of Imam Abu Hanifa
  Al-Rida (8th Shia Imam) appointed as successor  
  Iraq, Syria and Egypt invaded   Al-Rida dies (Possibly murdered)  
 
632 CE
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677 CE
    680 CE     683 CE             690 CE 691 CE 692 CE          
698 CE
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  RIDDA WARS CONQUEST OF PERSIA   WARS:    Battle of al-Harrah     Maghazi put together on order of Caliph around 760-763     Shia rebellion in Basrah    
    WARS:    Battle of Nikiou   FIRST FITNA    Muslim invasions of Anatolia and Constantinople   WARS:    Umar ibn AbdulAziz (Umar II)    Battle of the Zab   Prominent Shi'ias murdered     Khajirite revolt in Khurasan     Abū Īsā Muhammad ibn Īsā ibn Surat ibn Mūsā ibn ad-Dahhāk as-Sulamī at-Tirmidhī   Ab. Husayn Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Qushayri al-Nisapuri   Al-Sharif al-Radi  
  Muslim Conquest of Egypt 641   Muslims vs Muslims   Siege of Constantinople (674–678)    Battles of the Umayyad Caliphate  
    TENSIONS   
 
   STUDENTS  
 
  Battle of Yamama   Battle of Heliopolis   Muslims conquer Cyprus, Tripoli   Hazrat Ayesha Vs Hazrat Ali       Battle of Karbala   Khajirites Rebel   Zaydi Revolt        All members of the Umayyad family murdered        
 CIVIL WAR
  al Mumum defeats al-Amin   MUTAZILAH vs AHL-AL-HADITH   Husain Mahamili  
 
   
  Battle of Zafar   Muslim rule established in Afghanistan, Iran and Sind   1000's Dead   Khajirites Uprisings in Iran and Iraq   Ibn al-Zubair's revolt - ends in 692 defeated by Umayyad forces   WARS:      d.941 CE       Abu `Abdallah Muhammad ibn Yazid Ibn Majah al-Rab`i al-Qazwini     Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni    
 
  Battle of Buzakha   WARS:    WARS:    Battle of Bassorah    Battle of Syllaeum   SECOND FITNA     Muslim invasions of Anatolia and Constantinople         POLITICAL INFLUENCES - CHRISTIANS:    War between two sons of Caliph Harun al-Rashid  
       
  Battle of Ghamra   Battle of Firaz   Conquest of Persia 642   (Battle of the Camel)  FITNA Muslims vs Muslims   Muslims vs Muslims   Byzantine-Arab Wars   WARS:    Siege of Constantinople (717–718)     
  Syrian Church, Coptic Church, Melkites, Nestorians, Jacobites   al-Mamun vs al-Amin     Al-Firabari   Mansur Burduzi   Abul Husayn Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Qushayri al-Nisapuri   Abu Da'ud Sulayman ibn Ash`ath al-Azadi al-Sijistani  
  Battle of Naqra   Battle of the Bridge   Battle of Nihawānd    Civil War   Muawiyyah Vs Ali       Battle of Sebastopolis 692    Byzantine-Arab Wars   ABBASID INFLUENCE ON AHADITH CORPUS            d. 932 CE   d.931 CE  
 
  WARS:    1000's Dead   Yazid / Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad Vs Husayn     Battle of Carthage - 698    (To justify their political actions)            
    Byzantine-Arab Wars 634    Khazar-Arab Wars   Battle of Siffin    FITNA Muslims vs Muslims           POWER STRUGGLES:        
    Battle of Dathin   1st Balanjar - 640s or 650s    Ali vs Khajirites (Split from Ali)     Umayyad conquest of North Africa     Muhajirun (Prophet's Companions Migrated) Vs Ansar (Medinites - Helpers)     Ibrahim ibn-Ma'qal Hammad ibn Shaker  
    Battle of Qarteen   WARS:    Battle of Nahrawan   Kharijite and Shia Rebels defeated by Umayyad forces   Battle of Carthage (698)      - Escalated during Umar's reign and then Ummayyads (See war booty claim and right - New or old converts)   d.907 CE   d.923 CE  
    Battle of Bosra   Byzantine-Arab Wars 636     
    Battle of Ajnadayn   Battle of Yarmouk        Kharijites
Initially Ali's supporters, then turned against him. Disagreed with the outcome of arbitration between Ali and Muawiyyah

   
  Battle of Chains Battle of Marj-al-Rahit   WARS:     
  Battle of River Battle of Fahl   WARS:    Umayyad conquest of North Africa 655    
  Battle of Walaja Siege of Damascus    Conquest of Persia 636    Battle of That Al-Sawari    
  Battle of Ullais   Battle of al-Qādisiyyah     
  Battle of Hira  
  Battle of Al - Anbar   WARS:  
  Battle of Ayn ul-Tamr   Byzantine-Arab Wars 637   
  Battle of Daumat-ul-Jandal   Siege of Jerusalem   
  Battle of Muzayyah   Battle of Hazir   
  Battle of Saniyy    Battle of Aleppo    
  Battle of Zumail  
  WARS:   
  Muslim invasions of Anatolia and Constantinople 637  
  Battle of Iron Bridge