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| n | The
Umayyad leader, Mu'awiya, |
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| was
proclaimed caliph in 660. |
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| n | Ali
was assassinated in 661; his son, |
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| Husayn,
was killed at Karbala in |
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| 680. |
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| n | The
dispute left permanent division |
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| within
Islam. |
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| n | The
Shi’i, eventually dividing into |
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| many
sects, continued to uphold the |
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| rights
of Ali's descendants to be |
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| caliphs. |
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