Samarra founded
836 · Event
Al-Mu'tasim moves the court and his Turkish slave soldiers out of turbulent Baghdad to a new capital up the Tigris.
On these timelines: Islam, Mesopotamia & the Ancient Near East, Major Religions, Master
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- Sunni-Shia split (656)
- Rashidun Caliphate begins (632)
Around 836
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