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Summary: This episode discusses the rule of Ali ibn Abi Talib (656-661), which is also the time of the First Civil War, a traumatic event in the life of the early Muslim community.Sources and Further Reading:The History of al-TabariThe Venture of Islam by Marshall G.S. HodgsonThe Early Islamic Conquests by Fred M. Donner