What the records say
- When
- Jan 685
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.84° N, 40.08° E
- Description
- battle fought in early January 685 between the Umayyad army and the Penitents
Battle of Ayn al-Warda
Battle in 685 between the Umayyad army and the Penitents
The Battle of Ayn al-Warda was fought in early January 685 between the Umayyad army and the Penitents (Tawwabin). The Penitents were a group of pro-Alid Kufans led by Sulayman ibn Surad, a companion of Muhammad, who wished to atone for their failure to assist Husayn ibn Ali in his abortive uprising against the Umayyads in 680.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of 'Ayn al-Warda: An Umayyad army (20,000 men) under Husayn ibn Numayr defeats the pro-Alid Kufans at Ras al-'Ayn (Syria)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد عین الورده: سپاه اموی (20000 نفر) به فرماندهی حصین بن نمیر، کوفیان طرفدار علی را در راس العین (سوریه) شکست داد”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page