What the records say
- When
- Dec 656
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 30.50° N, 47.82° E
- Description
- 656 battle of the First Fitna
Battle of the Camel
7th-century battle of the First Fitna
The Battle of the Camel, also known as the Battle of Basra, took place in 656 CE outside of Basra in Iraq. It was fought between the partisans of the fourth Rashidun caliph Ali and the Uthmaniyya led by Aisha, Talha, and Zubayr. Ali's loyalists consisted predominantly of Kufan and Medinan troops, while his opponents consisted of a coalition of Meccan and Basran forces.
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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 the Camel: Rebel Arabs under Aisha (widow of Muhammad) begin a revolt against Ali”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Am 9. Dezember kommt es zur Kamelschlacht von Basra: Kalif ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib besiegt die Opposition gegen seine Herrschaft im Kampf”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille du chameau”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В декабре произошло сражение между армией халифа Али и отрядами мятежников, возглавляемых Тальхой и аз-Зубайром, известное как Битва верблюда, пленение Аиши”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد جمل: اعراب شورشی تحت فرمان عایشه (بیوه حضرت محمد) شورشی را علیه علی آغاز میکنند”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page