Ismaili.NET - Heritage F.I.E.L.D.Demise of Imam Ali - 661AD
Hazrat Imam Ali, during prayer in the mosque of Kufa on the nineteenth of Ramazan, 40AH (24th of January, 661AD), was assassinated by Abdur Rehman bin Muljam and died two days later. His body was buried at Najaf (Aziz, 1974). After the death of Imam Ali, Mu'awiya declared his rule in Damascus, thereby establishing the Omayyad Caliphate (Daftary & Hirji, 2008).
Ismaili History 346 - Death of Ali
Many of the Kharijis, after the battle of Nahrawan, had gone to Mecca, where they had frequent political meetings in the holy sanctuary, devising plans to avenge their relatives who had fallen in Nahrawan. Here too, they planned the murder of Ali and Muawiya, adding a third name to the list of Amr bin al-A'as. The three Meccan Kharijis, Abdur Rahman bin Muljam al-Sarimi, Burk bin Abdullah, and Amr bin Bakr volunteered to come forward. Abdur Rahman agreed to kill Ali, Burk to Muawiya, and Amr to murder Amr bin al-A'as, now the governor of Egypt.
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