260 AH

Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Years:	257 258 259 – 260 – 261 262 263

Year 260 AH started on Tuesday, October 27, 873 CE, and ended on Friday, October 15, 874 CE in the Julian calendar..

Events

• Rabi' I 8 - Beginning of the imamate of Imam al-Mahdi (aj) (January 1, 874 CE).
• Beginning of the Minor Occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (aj)
• Defeat of Husayn b. Zayd al-'Alawi against Ya'qub b. Layth al-Saffari in Tabaristan

Births

Abu l-Hasan al-Ash'ari (d. 324/936) the founder of Ash'arism, an Islamic theological school of thought (874 CE).

Deaths

• Rabi' I 8 – Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari, the eleventh Imam of Twelver Shi'a, (January 1, 874 CE).
• Narjis, wife of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a) and mother of Imam al-Mahdi (aj) (According to narration of al-Shaykh al-Saduq)
• 'Abd Allah b. Sa'd al-Baghdadi
• Fadl b. Shadhan, a Shi'a faqih and a companion of Imam al-Hadi (a)
• Muhammad b. 'Isa b. 'Ubayd al-Yaqtini, a Muhaddith who's narrated from Imam al-Jawad (a) and is respected in Rijal sources
• Hunayn b. Ishaq, a physician who translated some medical works from Greek to Arabic
• Ya'qub b. Ishaq al-Kindi, Muslim philosopher and translator of many philosophical works from Greek to Arabic