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Second Fitna

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…

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Location
Arabia · Syria · Jazira · Egypt · Iraq
Date
Arabia · Syria · Jazira · Egypt · Iraq
Result
Pro-Alid revolts defeated · Dissolution of the Zubayrid Caliphate · Kharijite rebellions suppressed · Marwanids succeed Sufyanids as ruling house

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Pro-Alid Movements

Zubayrid Caliphate

Kharijite revolts

Victory of the Umayyads

Aftermath

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Second Fitna

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Second Fitna

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related to Sectarian and eschatological developments · 49
Second Fitna → Ali, Ali's, Alid, Although, Arab Muslims, Arab Shi'ism, Ashura, Banu Kalb, Before, Day, Despite, Hanafiyya, His, Husayn, Ibn, In, Iraq, Islam, Islamic, Islamic Messiah
related to End of the Khajirites · 16
Second Fitna → Abd, Arabia, By, Hajjaj, Ibadis, Kharijite, Malik, Marwan, Muhallab’s, Najdat, Persia, Sufriyya, The, The Azariqa, Umayyad, Yusuf
Date · 10
Second Fitna → 680–692, Arabia, Dissolution of the Zubayrid Caliphate, Egypt, Iraq, Jazira, Kharijite rebellions suppressed, Marwanids succeed Sufyanids as ruling house, Pro-Alid revolts defeated, Syria
Location · 5
Second Fitna → Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Jazira, Syria
Result · 4
Second Fitna → Dissolution of the Zubayrid Caliphate, Kharijite rebellions suppressed, Marwanids succeed Sufyanids as ruling house, Pro-Alid revolts defeated

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ibn umayyad yazid abd kufa caliph al-zubayr caliphate battle death iraq husayn umayyads mukhtar ali mu'awiya mecca al-malik marwan ziyad

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Second FitnaDateSyria1.00infobox
Second FitnaDateJazira1.00infobox
Second FitnaDateEgypt1.00infobox
Second FitnaDateIraq1.00infobox
Second FitnaDatePro-Alid revolts defeated1.00infobox
Second FitnaDateDissolution of the Zubayrid Caliphate1.00infobox
Second FitnaDateKharijite rebellions suppressed1.00infobox
Second FitnaDateMarwanids succeed Sufyanids as ruling house1.00infobox
Second FitnaDate680–6921.00infobox
Second FitnaLocationArabia1.00infobox
Second FitnaLocationSyria1.00infobox
Second FitnaLocationJazira1.00infobox
Second FitnaLocationEgypt1.00infobox
Second FitnaLocationIraq1.00infobox
Second FitnaResultPro-Alid revolts defeated1.00infobox
Second FitnaResultDissolution of the Zubayrid Caliphate1.00infobox
Second FitnaResultKharijite rebellions suppressed1.00infobox
Second FitnaResultMarwanids succeed Sufyanids as ruling house1.00infobox

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