# Hasan ibn Ali

> The prophet Muhammad's grandson who held the caliphate for seven months in 661 before signing it away to his rival — a surrender that split opinion for thirteen centuries and shaped the fault line between Sunni and Shia memory.

*5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/hasan-ibn-ali

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 0625-03-01
- **Died:** 669
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 625, Hasan was the eldest son of Ali and Fatima, placing him in the innermost circle of early Islam's founding family. He fought alongside his father during the First Fitna, the civil war that tore through the caliphate in the 650s. When Ali was assassinated in January 661, Hasan was proclaimed caliph in Kufa, but Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, governor of Syria, refused to recognize him and marched an army toward the city while sending letters demanding abdication. Hasan dispatched a vanguard to block the advance, but before he could follow with the main force he was stabbed and gravely wounded by a Kharijite assassin. His army unraveled — desertions spread, his commander took a bribe and defected, and in August 661 Hasan signed a peace treaty ceding power to Mu'awiya in exchange for terms that were never kept. He withdrew to Medina and died there in April 670, most early sources agreeing he was poisoned, with suspicion falling on Mu'awiya, who wanted his own son to inherit.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 61.3 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 26.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 4.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Founder, #Founders, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182914)
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- [Həsən ibn Əli](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C9%99s%C9%99n_ibn_%C6%8Fli)
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- [Хасан ибн Али](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8)
- [Hasan](https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan)
- [হাসান ইবনে আলী](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80)
- [Hasan ibn Ali](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_ibn_Ali)
- [Al-Hàssan ibn Alí](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-H%C3%A0ssan_ibn_Al%C3%AD)
- [Хьасан ибн Ӏалий](https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BD_%D3%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9)
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- [Hasan ibn Alí](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_ibn_Al%C3%AD)
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- [Al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Hasan_ibn_%CA%BFAl%C4%AB)
- [Hesen](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesen)
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- [Wikiquote](https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C4%B0mam_H%C9%99s%C9%99n)
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