Islamic Art Quiz 2

Khadija

Muhammad’s first wife

Aisha

Muhammad’s third and youngest wife (born 614) and daughter of Abu Bakr, future first caliph

Hafsa

Muhammad’s fourth wife, daughter of Umar (future second Caliph)

Uthman

third Caliph and husband of Muhammad’s and Khadija’s daughter Ruqayyah

‘Ali ibn Abi Talib

paternal cousin, son-in-law (married to Khadija’s daughter Fatima) and fourth Caliph

Fatima

Muhammads daughter from Khadija and the wife of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, fourth Caliph

Husain ibn ‘Ali

son of ‘Ali and Fatima

570

Year of the elephant Muhammad’s birth

622

Hijjra, Muhammadd’s move from Mecca and Medina, this date marks the beginning of Muslim era

632

Muhammad’s death

632-634 A.D.

Abu Bakr guided caliph

634-644 A.D

Umar Ibn al-Khattab guided caliph

644-656 A.D.

Uthman ibn Affan guided caliph

656- 661 A.D.

Ali ibn Abi Talib guided caliphs

632/633

Ridda wars (Wars of Apostasy) when Muslims had to partially restore and partially establish

their control over Arabia after the death of the prophet

635

the Arabs defeated the Byzantines at Yarmuk which allowed them to occupy Syria and Palestine

641

the Byzantines relinquished Egypt to the Muslims under a peace treaty

651

Death of Yezdigerd, the last Shahan Shah of Sasanian Iran (completion of the conquest of Iran)