HIST 1000 Lecture 13: History 1000 ch 13
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Civil war between the partisans of ali and the umayyads. Leads to^ schism in islam (sunni [represent 90% of muslims. Ali died in 661 in the civil war. (husband of fatima died 633 later his son hussain are murdered (considered martyrs by shia muslims). The exhaustion of byzantium and persia meant that subsidies for. Arab mercenaries were removed and taxes were imposed on the arab border states by both empires. The coming of the muslim arabs was regarded as a liberation and most arabs of the borders. Khalis ibn al-walid of mecca, after resisting the muslims, became. Muslims his military poress earned him the title the swrod of islam from mohammed. He served under the 1st caliph abu bakr the arab soliders under him Abu bakr 632-634 is chosen the 1st caliph. He is the father of aisha (mohammad"s second wife- great woman of faith, intellect, and political leadership).
