1. _Family of `Abd al-Mottalib_, Mahomet's maternal
grandfather:--*`Abbas (d. A.H. 32 or 34), *Hamza (d. A.H. 3),
`Abdallah, father of the Prophet, *Abu Talib (said to be named `Abd
Manaf), ? *Zubair, Harith, Hajal, Moqawwam, Dirar, *Abu Lahab (said to
be named `Abd al-`Uzza, d. A.H. 2), *_Safiyyah_ (d. A.H. 20), _Umm
Hakim_, _al-Baida_, _`Atikah_, _Umaimah_, _Arwa_, _Barrah_.
2. _Family of Abu Talib_:--*`Aqil (d. after A.H. 40), *Ja`far (d. A.H.
8), Talib, Tulaiq, `Ali, the caliph, _Umm Hani'_, _Jumanah_, _Raitah_.
3. _Family of Mahomet. Wives_:--*_Khadija_ (Children:--Qasim; ? `Abd
Manaf (Tahir, Tayyib); *_Zainab_ m. Abu'l-`As b. Rabi', d. A.H. 7;
*_Ruqayyah_, m. `Othman b. `Affan, d. A.H. 2; *_Umm Kulthum_ m.
`Othman b. `Affan, d. A.H. 9; *_Fatimah_, m. `Ali, d. A.H. 11):
*_Saudah bint Zam`ah_,? d. A.H. 54, *_`A'ishah (Ayesha) bint Abi Bekr_
(d. A.H. 56), *_Hafsa bint `Omar_ (d. A.H. 45 or 47), *_Zainab bint
Khuzaimah_, d. before A.H. 11, *_Zainab bint Jahsh_, d. A.H. 20, *_Umm
Salimah_, d. A.H. 59, *_Maimunah_, d. A.H. 38, *_Juwairiyah_, d. A.H.
56, *_Umm Habibah Ramlah bint Abi Sofian_, d. A.H. 44.
_Concubines_:--*_Safiyyah bint Huyyay_, d. A.H. 36, *_Raihanah bint
Zaid_, *_Mariyah the Copt_, d. A.H. 15 or 16, mother of Ibrahim.
(Other names given by Ibn Sa`d, vol. viii.)
_Chronological Table of Chief Events in the Life of Mahomet._[2]
? 570 Birth.
? 595 Marriage with Khadija.
? 610 Commencement of call.
? 613 Public appearance.
616 Persian conquest of the nearer East.
? 617 Flight of his followers to Abyssinia.
? 618-619 Siege in Mecca. Retractation and subsequent repudiation.
Death of Abu Talib and Khadija.
? 620 Flight to Taif.
622 July 16. Beginning of the Moslem era.
Sept. 20. Arrival at Kuba after the Flight.
632 Jan. 27. Death of his son Ibrahim.
632 June 7. Death of Mahomet.
The following dates are given by the Arabic historians according to
their own calendar. For the reasons which have been seen it is
impossible to obtain certain synchronisms.
A.H.
2. Rajab 1. Raid of `Abdallah b. Jahsh to Nakhlah.
Ramadan 19. Battle of Badr.
Shawwal 15. Attack on the Banu Qainuqa.
3. Rabia I. 14. Assassination of Ka`b b. al-Ashraf.
Shawwal 7. Battle of Uhud.
4. Saphar. Massacre of Mahomet's 70 missionaries at Bi'r Ma`unah.
Rabia I. Attack on the Banu Nadir.
Dhu'l-Qa`da. Abortive raid called "the lesser Badr."
5. Shaaban 2. Attack on the Banu'l-Mustaliq (according to Waqidi).
Dhu'l-Qa`da. Battle of the Trench.
Massacre of the Banu Quraizah.
6. Jomada i. Capture of a caravan by Zaid b. Harithah.
Futile attempt to assassinate Abu Sofian.
Dhu'l-Qa`da. Affair of Hodaibiyah.
7. Jomada i. Taking of Khaibar. Mission extended to the world.
Dhu'l-Qa`da. Pilgrimage to Mecca (called _'umrat al-qadiyyah_)
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