77 AH
Abd al-Malik strikes gold coins with no pictures, only words: Say, He is Allah, One. Arabic replaces Greek and Persian in the government offices.
How it touches Islam For the first time, verses of the Quran passed through every market and every hand in the empire.
Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One,
Quran 112:1
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Borders come from Cliopatria, the open map of the Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0), and are approximate. Dates before 1000 BCE are estimates, and for the earliest prophets the Quran gives the order of events but not their years. Sources: the Quran, Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim, the Seerah of Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Kathir's al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya, and standard histories. See also the villains of Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal, and the library of people, nations, empires and places.
