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Hasan ibn Ali

Hasan ibn Ali was a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the elder son of Ali, the fourth Rashidun caliph. After Ali's assassination in 661 he was briefly recognised as caliph in Kufa. He then abdicated in favour of Muawiya, ending the Rashidun Caliphate and opening the way to Umayyad rule.

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Rashidun CaliphateDecline

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Idrisid dynastyUkhaydirid EmirateSharifate of Mecca

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