Battle of Maskin

Wann

Okt. 691

Art

Schlacht

Koordinaten

33.82° N, 44.24° E

Description

battle of the Second Fitna (680s-690s). It was fought in mid-October 691 near present-day Baghdad

691 battle of the Second Fitna in Iraq

The Battle of Maskin, also known as the Battle of Dayr al-Jathaliq from a nearby East Syriac monastery, was a decisive battle of the Second Fitna (680s-690s). It was fought in mid-October 691 near present-day Baghdad on the western bank of the river Tigris, between the army of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan and the forces of Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, governor of Iraq for his brother, the Mecca-based rival cal…

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