What the records say
- When
- 27 Sep 683 – 29 Nov 683
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 21.42° N, 39.82° E
- Description
- 683 battle of the Second Islamic Civil War
Siege of Mecca (683)
Part of the Second Fitna
The siege of Mecca in September–November 683 was one of the early battles of the Second Fitna. The city of Mecca was a sanctuary for Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, who was among the most prominent challengers to the hereditary succession to the Caliphate by Yazid I of the Umayyad dynasty. After nearby Medina, the other holy city of Islam, also rebelled against Yazid, the Umayyad ruler sent an army to subdue the Hejaz.
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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 “Siege of Mecca: The Umayyad army led by Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni besieges Mecca, during which the Kaaba ("Sacred House") catches fire and is burned down”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار مكة في الفترة ما بين سبتمبر ونوفمبر”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نوامبر - محاصره مکه: ارتش اموی به رهبری حصین بن نمیر السکونی مکه را محاصره کرد که در طی آن کعبه آتش گرفت و سوزانده شد”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page