What the records say
- When
- 811 – 819
- Kind
- Civil war
- Coordinates
- 33.32° N, 44.37° E
- Description
- conflict (811–813) between the brothers al-Amin and al-Ma'mun over the succession to the throne of the Abbasid Caliphate; provincial turmoil continued until …
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Fourth Fitna
Abbasid-era Muslim civil war (811–819)
The Fourth Fitna, Fourth Muslim Civil War, or Great Abbasid Civil War resulted from the conflict between the brothers al-Amin and al-Ma'mun over the succession to the throne of the Abbasid Caliphate. Their father, Caliph Harun al-Rashid, had named al-Amin as the first successor, but had also named al-Ma'mun as the second, with Khorasan granted to him as an appanage.
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