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18 hours ago · The eldest surviving grandson of Muhammad, through his mother, Fatimah, Hasan succeeded his father Ali as the caliph in Kufa; but after a seven-month reign he relinquished control of Iraq following a peace treaty with Muawiya I.
18 hours ago · 23 January 2017 Pravind Jugnauth [42] Mauritius: Prime Minister: 26 January 2017 Alexander Van der Bellen Austria: President: 13 February 2017 Yahya Sinwar Palestine (Hamas government in Gaza) Hamas Chief in the Gaza Strip: 13 February 2017 – present Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau: 6 August 2024 – present: 28 February 2017 Bob Dadae
18 hours ago · A series of National Development Plans was initiated by the 28th Sultan of Brunei, Omar Ali Saifuddien III. The first was introduced in 1953. [97] A total sum of B$100 million was approved by the Brunei State Council for the plan. E.R. Bevington, from the Colonial Office in Fiji, was appointed to implement it. [98]
18 hours ago · After Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem in 1171, he proclaimed himself sultan of Egypt, after dissolving the Fatimid Caliphate upon the death of al-Adid, thus establishing the Ayyubid dynasty. Ayyubid conquests in Hejaz included Jeddah, which joined the Ayyubid dynasty in 1177 during the leadership of Sharif Ibn Abul-Hashim Al-Thalab (1094–1201).
18 hours ago · May 1: U.S. President George W. Bush declares major combat operations in Iraq over.; May 15 - U.S. forces launch Operation Planet X, capturing roughly 260 people.; May 23 - L. Paul Bremer issues Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2, dissolving the Iraqi Army and other entities of the former Ba'athist state.
