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Caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab
...hed the Islamic calendar, created the diwan system, founded Basra and Kufa, and established the office of Qadi. His just rule...
142 AHDeath of Ibn al-Muqaffa
...who translated Kalila wa Dimna into Arabic, was executed in Basra. His work established Arabic as a language of sophisticated...
255 AHDeath of Al-Jahiz
Abu Uthman al-Jahiz, the prolific Basran polymath, died. His Kitab al-Hayawan is a pioneering work ...