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Events relating to muhammad
Muhammad begins preaching in Mecca the message of Allah, dictated to him by the archangel Gabriel
Muhammad departs from Mecca and settles in Medina, in the event known as the Hegira
The year of the Hegira (Muhammad's move from Mecca to Medina) becomes Anno Hegirae or AH1, the first year in Muslim chronology
The death of Muhammad at Medina is followed by the election of the first caliph, Abu Bakr, a father-in-law of the prophet
Omar, another father-in-law of Muhammad, is elected as the second Muslim caliph (the word means 'sucessor to the Messenger of God')
Within two years of the death of Muhammad, the Arabs surge north into the Syrian desert
Under the caliph Othman, the revelations made to Muhammad are collected in their definitive form as the Qur'an
Othman is assassinated, and Ali wins power as the fourth Muslim caliph - defeating Muhammad's widow Aisha at the 'battle of the camel' near Basra
The kingdom of Granada is established with a Berber noble, Muhammad I, as the first king
The last Abbasid caliph, captured by the Ottoman Turks, is taken as a prisoner to Istanbul - ending the authentic line of 'successors' to Muhammad
Muhammad ibn Saud begins the expansion of power that will lead eventually to the establishment of Saudi Arabia
The Muslim reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab makes an alliance with Muhammad ibn Saud, of significance to the later Saudi dynasty
All but one of 300 Mameluke guests are assassinated during an entertainment by Muhammad Ali in Cairo
Muhammad Ali, officially viceroy for the Turkish sultan, establishes his own ruling dynasty on the throne of Egypt
The All-India Muslim League is set up at a meeting of the Muhammadan Educational Conference in Dhaka
Elijah Muhammad takes control of the Nation of Islam, or Black Muslims, and leads the movement for more than 40 years
Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) becomes world heavyweight champion for the first time, defeating Sonny Liston
Joe Frazier becomes the first boxer to beat Muhammad Ali in a professional fight, at New York's Madison Square Gardens
Muhammad Ali regains the world heavyweight title, beating George Foreman in Zaire in a fight that becomes known as the Rumble in the Jungle
Muhammad Ali is the first boxer to become world heavyweight champion three times, defeating Leon Spinks in a return match a year after losing the title
Moderate Shiite cleric Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr and two of his sons are assassinated in the Iraqi city of Najaf
Controversial cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad are published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten