What the records say
- When
- 685 – 686
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 34.00° N, 36.00° E
- Description
- 685–686 rebellion
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Second Fitna
Umayyad-era Muslim civil war (680–692)
The Second Fitna was the second civil war in the Islamic community during the early Umayyad Caliphate. It followed the death of the first Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I in 680 and lasted for about twelve years. The war involved three main challenges to the authority of the Umayyad dynasty: the first by Husayn ibn Ali and his supporters, including Sulayman ibn Surad and Mukhtar al-Thaqafi, who rallied to avenge Husayn's de…
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