13:0913:09, 14 December 2010diffhist+119
Battle of Karbala
I agree, it was a pretext. Are you disputing that he was kin to Uthman or that he used the assassination as a pretext for revolt? POV tag restored. Please keep until ongoing discussion is resolved.
23:2523:25, 22 November 2010diffhist+625
Julius Stone
Restoring referenced material from official biography and peer-reviewed law journal authored by former justice of the Australian High Court.
09:2409:24, 5 October 2010diffhist+149
Ali
1. Place of birth is a city, not a building. 2. One Shi'te citation and hardly a reference for "most records". 3. "first male convert" is disputed with Abu Bakr.