Jehoshaphat

This page relates to the year 661 Calendrier Julien.

Events

  • Beginning of the joint reign of Perctarith and Godepert, king of the Lombards (fine in 662).

  • Muawiya Ier first Caliph Omeyyades begins its reign with Damas (fine in 680).
    • the son-in-law of the prophet, `Ali is assassinated by a kharidjite in the mosque of Kufa. The faithful ones of `Ali form a party (shî' has), hostile in Mu' awiyya and gathered around its descendants.
    • the rallying in Omeyyades of Hassan, oldest son of `Ali, prevents temporarily the resistance of the opponents alides. Driven' awiyya joins together the council of the shaykhs in Damas and in province, which supports the rallying of the tribes and allows Mu' awiyya to replace the elective system by a dynastic system: it indicates itself his son Yazid like his successor and makes ratify this choice by the council of the shaykhs.
  • Ziyad, governor of Iraq.
  • 50.000 Arab families of Iraq are established around Merv, which makes it possible to reduce the tension in Iraq and to reinforce the domination of the Arabs in Iran.

Births in 661

Death in 661

  • Ali, the son-in-law of Mahomet, assassinated in Iraq by Abdurrahman Ibn Muljam, a ex-partisan become kharijite.

Map-bms: 661

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