Timeline of Ali's life

• 17 March 599 coincided with Thirteenth of Rajab, 24 BH: Birth of Ali ibn Abi Talib in the Ka'ba, in the city of Mecca.
• 610: Ali converted to Islam soon after the first revelation of the Quran.
• 613: Yawm al-Inzar: Muhammad invited the Banu Hashim to Islam; Ali alone accepted his call.
• 617- 619: Meccan boycott of the Hashemites[1]
• 619:Year of Sorrow:Death of Abu Talib, Ali's father.[1]
• September 622: Laylat al-mabit: Ali risked his life by sleeping in Muhammad's bed to impersonate him and thwart an assassination plot, so that Muhammad could escape from Mecca in safety and migrate to Medina.[1]
• 622: Ali migrated with his wife, Fatima Zahra and Umm Kulthum, and another women.
• 622 or 623:The prophet chose him as his brother.[2]
• 623: Ali married with Fatima Zahra, Muhammad's daughter.[3]
• 624
  • March 17: Battle of Badr: Ali first distinguished himself as a warrior and killed about 20 to 22 pagans.
  • Expulsion of the Bani Qainuqa Jews from Medina.[1]
• 625:
  • Birth of Hasan ibn Ali, the second Shia Imam.
  • Battle of Uhud: Ali destroyed the standard bearers and when the army of Islam was defeated and most of the Muslims had fled Ali was one of the few Muslims who defended Muhammad.
  • Expulsion of Banu Nadir Jews from Medina.[1]
• 626:
  • Birth of Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shia Imam.
  • Expedition of Banu Mustaliq.[1]
• 627
  • Battle of the Trench: Ali ibn Abi Talib triumphed in combat over Arabs' hero, Amr ibn Wodd, and killed him.[1]
  • Killing and enslavement of Banu Quraiza.[1]
• 628
  • Treaty of Hudaybiyyah[1]
  • Battle of Khaybar: Ali was the standard-bearer and conqueror of the Khaybar's castle.[1]
  • Birth of Zaynab bint Ali
• 629
  • Participating in The first pilgrimage with the Prophet.
  • Death of Ali's brother Ja'far ibn Abi Talib in the Battle of Mu'tah
• 630
  • Conquest of Mecca:Ali was the standard-bearer.[1]
  • Battle of Hunayn[1]
  • Battle of Autas
  • Siege of Ta'if[1]
  • Operation against Banu Tayy[1]
• 631
  • Mubahela with the Christian of Najran[1]
  • Expedition against Banu Rumla[1]
  • Operation against Banu Zubuda[1]
  • Mission to Yemen[1]
• 632
  • Participation in Farewell pilgrimage at Mecca.[1]
  • Event of Ghadir Khumm[1]
  • Death of Muhammad[1]
  • Abu Bakr assumes power as the first Rashidun caliph[1]
  • Death of Fatimah, Ali's wife.[1]
• 644: Umar, the second Rashidun caliph, was assassinated. Ali was one of the electoral council to choose the third caliph
• 648: Birth of Al-Abbas ibn Ali
• 656:
  • Siege and assassination of Uthman, the third Rashidun caliph.[1]
  • Election of Ali as the fourth Rashidun caliph.[1]
  • Beginning of the First Fitna(first Islamic civil war).[4]
  • Battle of Bassorah[1]
• 657:Ali shifted the capital of Rashidun empire from Medina to Kufa in Iraq.[1]
• May–July 657: Battle of Siffin[4]
• 658:
  • The Arbitration[1][4]
  • Revolt of Kharijits.[4]
  • July 658: Battle of Nahrawan[4]
• 659:
  • Ali's governor of Egypt was defeated and Egypt was conquered by 'Amr ibn al-'As
  • Revolt of Khurrit ibn Rashid[1]
  • Muawiyah I plundered Iraq[1]
• 660:
  • Muawiyah plundered Hijaz and Yemen, but later withdrew[1]
  • Muawiyah I declared himself as caliph in Damascus[1]
• 28 January 661 coincided with Twenty-first of Ramadan: Ali dead in Kufa and buried in Najaf two days after he was struck by Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam in the Great Mosque of Kufa.

See also

• History of Islam
• Timeline of Islamic history
• Muhammad before Medina
• Muhammad in Medina
• Muhammad after the conquest of Mecca

Notes

1. Ashraf (2005), pp.300-302
2. "Ali ibn Abitalib". Encyclopedia Iranica. Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
3. Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. "Ali". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
4. Lewis (1991), p.215

References

• Ashraf, Shahid (2005). Encyclopedia of Holy Prophet and Companions. Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. ISBN 81-261-1940-3.