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The Second Fitna and the Wars of Succession (680–692)

The Second Fitna and the Wars of Succession (680–692)

  1. Battle of Karbala kills Husayn ibn Ali

    Labels: Husayn ibn, Karbala

  2. Medina crushed at the Battle of al-Harra

    Labels: Battle of, Medina

  3. First siege of Mecca begins under Yazid

    Labels: Siege of, Abd Allah

  5. Siege of Mecca ends after Yazid’s death

    Labels: Siege of, Abd Allah

  6. Marwan I chosen as Umayyad caliph at Jabiya

    Labels: Marwan I, Jabiya

  7. Umayyads win the Battle of Marj Rahit

    Labels: Battle of, Marwan I

  8. Tawwabin destroyed at the Battle of Ayn al-Warda

    Labels: Tawwabin, Battle of

  9. Abd al-Malik succeeds Marwan I as caliph

    Labels: Abd al-Malik, Marwan I

  10. Mukhtar al-Thaqafi seizes Kufa for the Alids

    Labels: Mukhtar al-Thaqafi, Kufa

  11. Mukhtar’s forces defeat Umayyads at Khazir

    Labels: Battle of, Ibrahim ibn

  12. Zubayrids defeat Mukhtar at Madhar and Harura

    Labels: Madhar and, Mus ab

  13. Mukhtar killed; Zubayrids take control of Iraq

    Labels: Kufa, Mus ab

  14. Umayyads defeat Musʿab at the Battle of Maskin

    Labels: Battle of, Abd al-Malik

  15. Final Umayyad siege of Mecca begins

    Labels: Siege of, al-Hajjaj ibn

  16. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr killed; civil war ends

    Labels: Abd Allah, Mecca