Religious Policies and Sectarian Conflict: Shiʿite and Kharijite Opposition (680–750)

1. Battle of Karbala and Husayn’s martyrdom

   Jan 1, 68001Labels: Husayn ibn, Karbala, Yazid I

   • Britannica
   • Britannica Yazid

2. Tawwabun movement coalesces in Kufa

   Jan 1, 68401Labels: Tawwabun, Kufa

   • Tawwabin
   • Second Fitna

3. Battle of Ayn al-Warda crushes the Tawwabun

   Apr 1, 68501Labels: Ayn al-Warda, Tawwabun

   • Ayn al Warda
   • Tawwabin

4. Mukhtar seizes Kufa in pro-Alid revolt

   Jan 1, 68510Labels: Al-Mukhtar, Kufa, Muhammad ibn

   • Britannica Mukhtar
   • Mukhtar

5. Battle of Khazir defeats Umayyads for Mukhtar

   Jan 1, 68608Labels: Battle of, Al-Mukhtar

   • Britannica Mukhtar

6. Najda’s Kharijite state peaks in Arabia

   Jan 1, 68701Labels: Najdat, Central Arabia

   • Najda
   • Second Fitna

7. Mukhtar killed; Kufan pro-Alid regime ends

   Jan 1, 68703Labels: Al-Mukhtar, Kufa

   • Britannica Mukhtar
   • Mukhtar

8. Dome of the Rock completed under Abd al-Malik

   Jan 1, 69201Labels: Dome of, Abd al-Malik

   • Britannica Dome

9. Siege of Mecca ends the Second Fitna

   Jan 1, 69210Labels: Siege of, Abd Allah, Al-Hajjaj

   • Mecca 692
   • Second Fitna

10. Shabib’s Kharijite revolt destabilizes Iraq

    Jan 1, 69601Labels: Shabib ibn, Iraq

    • Shabib
    • Britannica Kharijite

11. Al-Muhallab defeats Azariqa Kharijites

    Jan 1, 69801Labels: Al-Muhallab, Azariqa

    • Muhallab
    • Qatari

12. Ibn al-Ashʿath revolt erupts against al-Hajjaj

    Jan 1, 69901Labels: Ibn al-Ash, Al-Hajjaj

    • Britannica Ashath

13. Rebels defeated at Dayr al-Jamajim

    Jan 1, 70109Labels: Dayr al-Jamajim, Ibn al-Ash

    • Britannica Ashath

14. Zayd ibn Ali launches revolt in Kufa

    Jun 1, 74001Labels: Zayd ibn, Kufa

    • Zayd Revolts
    • Zayd

15. Kharijite rebellion under al-Dahhak spreads

    Jan 1, 74501Labels: Al-Dahhak ibn, Kharijites

    • Dahhak

16. Abbasid revolt begins in Khurasan

    Sep 1, 74706Labels: Abbasid Revolution, Abu Muslim, Khurasan

    • Abbasid Revolt