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| | Ali Ben Abu Talib (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) |
 | | 600-661), the fourth of the caliphs or successors of Muhammad, was born at Mecca about the year A.D. His father, Abu Talib, was an uncle of the Prophet, and Ali himself was adopted by Muhammad and educated under his care. |
 | | Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman, however, occupied this position before him, and it was not until 656, after the murder of Uthman, that he assumed the title of caliph. |
 | | His next care was to get rid of the opposition of Muawiyah, the governor of Syria, who had established himself at the head of a numerous army. |
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