644

This page relates to the year 644 Calendrier Julien.

Events

  • November 4th: Omar (or Umar), the second Caliph of the Islam, is assassinated in the mosque of Médine by a Christian Persan slave named Firûz.

  • Taken Ravy by the Moslems. The mode Sassanide crumbles in Perse.

  • Beginning of the caliphate of Othman (fine in 656).
    • the Omeyyade Othman, son-in-law of the prophet, is indicated with difficulty by a commission of six Companions consisted his predecessor Omar. He must very quickly face a complex opposition as soon as he undertakes to consolidate the rooting of the Arabs out of Arabia. Its authority is not recognized by the partisans (the Chiites) of `Ali, husband of Fatima, girl of Mahomet.
  • the king Franc prohibited Sigebert III that the synods are held without authorization of its share.
  • the Chinese general Kouo Hiao-k' O takes by surprised Qarachahr in the Tarim whose inhabitants had joined with dissenting Turkish.

Births in 644

Death in 644

  • Died of the Arab poetess specialist in the elegy Al Khansa.

Map-bms: 644

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