Succession to Muhammad
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The issue of succession following the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad is the central issue in the schisms that divided the early Muslim community in the first century of Islamic history into num
A "Pseudo-Byzantine" coin with depictions of the Byzantine Emperor Constans II holding the cross-tipped staff and globus cruciger. There was no specific Islamic-religious identity and political stance with sharp boundaries in the early Islamic period.
A Persian miniature illustrating the vowing to Abu Bakr at Saqifah
Battle of Karbala, an oil painting by Abbas Al-Musavi
Sasanid style coins during the Rashidun period, unlike known historical figures such as Ibn Zubayr and Mu'awiya I, there are no coins minted in the name of these caliphs that could be evidence of political predominancy. (crescent-star, fire altar, depictions of Khosrow II, Arabic bismillāh in margin)
Ghadir Khumm
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The Ghadīr Khumm was a gathering of Muslims to attend a sermon delivered by the Islamic prophet Muhammad on 16 March 632 CE. The gathering is said to have taken place by the ghadir in the wadi of Khum
The Investiture of Ali at Ghadir Khumm in the fourteenth-century Ilkhanid copy of Chronology of Ancient Nations, illustrated by Ibn al-Kutbi
Ali publicly referred to the Ghadir Khumm during his caliphate, here he is shown receiving the pledge of allegiance in a manuscript by the Ottoman Sufi writer and poet Lami'i, late sixteenth century
Modern Shia artwork depicting the Ghadir Khumm, sourced from the website of Iran's leader, Ali Khamenei