Ali
? – 661
Arab

Fourth caliph of Islam, cousin of Mohammed, and husband of the Prophet's daughter, Fatima. He was assassinated, but his life gave birth to the Shia branch of Islam (contrasted to the Sunni branch). The Shia branch also later gave birth to Sufism, a mystical interpretation of Islam.

Contemporaries
fl. c. 625–c. 706Wu Zetian
?–656Uthman
574–622Shotoku Taishi
581–644Omar
602–680Muawiyah I
570–632Mohammed
?–638Honorius I
605–633Fatima
fl. 650Bhartrihari
fl. c. 550–c. 650Aneirin
?–651St. Aidan
613–678Aishah
573–634Abu-Bakr