The Battle of Siffin (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة صِفِّينَ, romanized: Maʿraka Ṣiffīn) was fought in 657 CE (37 AH) between the fourth Rashidun caliph Ali ibn Abi...
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battle of siffin was one of the bloodiest battles in the Islamic history, all of the bravest warriors of Arabia participated in the battle both from Iraq...
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Ammar ibn Yasir (category Sahabah who participated in the battle of Uhud)
devout partisan of Caliph Ali (r. 656–661) and died while fighting on Ali's side in the Battle of Siffin. Ammar belonged to the Malik clan of the Madhhij...
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First Fitna (redirect from The Fitna of the Killing of Uthman)
Ali, ostensibly to avenge Uthman's death. The two parties fought the Battle of Siffin in July 657, which ended in a stalemate and arbitration. This arbitration...
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Mu'awiya I (redirect from Shia view of Muawiyah I)
the two led their armies to a stalemate at the Battle of Siffin in 657, prompting an abortive series of arbitration talks to settle the dispute. Afterward...
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Muhakkima (section Battle of Siffin)
Muslims who rejected arbitration between Ali and Mu'awiya I at the Battle of Siffin in 657 CE. The name Muḥakkima derives from their slogan lā ḥukma illā...
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Malik al-Ashtar (category Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from July 2024)
such as the Battle of Jamal and Siffin against Mu'awiya. His title "al-Ashtar" references an eyelid injury he received during the Battle of Yarmouk. Although...
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The latter were a group of pious allies of Ali during the First Fitna. They separated from him following the Battle of Siffin when Ali agreed to settle...
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Ubayd Allah ibn Umar (category People of the First Fitna)
the governor of Syria Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan. The latter made Ubayd Allah a commander of his elite battalion at the Battle of Siffin, where he was slain...
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Ibn Abbas (category Family of Muhammad)
of his cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib during his war with Muawiyah, including at the Battle of Siffin. He had also been given the position of governor of Basra...
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Muhajir ibn Khalid (category People of the First Fitna)
the army of Caliph Ali (r. 656–661) and son of the prominent general Khalid ibn al-Walid. He died in the Battle of Siffin. Muhajir was a son of Khalid ibn...
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Ali (redirect from Early religious history of Ali ibn Abi Talib)
governorship of Syria, fought against Ali the inconclusive Battle of Siffin in 657, which ended in a failed arbitration process that alienated some of Ali's...
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Qays ibn Sa'd (category Year of birth unknown)
loyal to Ali. In the Battle of Siffin, Qays sided with Ali against Mu'awiya. He joined Sahl ibn Hunaif, one of the governors of Ali, as he was setting...
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Shaaba Administrative policies of Ali ibn Abi Talib First Fitna Battle of Siffin Rules of war in Islam A similar version is quoted by Madelung, in which...
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Abu al-Yusr Ka'b ibn Amr (category Companions of the Prophet)
Battle of Siffin in the army of Ali ibn Abi Talib. He presumably retired shortly after the Battle of Siffin, and he died in 675 during the reign of Mu'awiya...
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lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Uwais al-Qarni Mosque in Raqqa (now in Syria) is his burial site, as he died during the Battle of Siffin there...
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Nahj al-balagha (redirect from Peak of Eloquence)
a faction of Ali's army that abandoned him after the inconclusive Battle of Siffin in 657 against his archenemy Mu'awiya. Through the ruler tax is collected...
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the First Fitna but turned away after rejecting arbitration at the Battle of Siffin in 657 CE. From the Ibadis' perspective, the Muhakkimah were the only...
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam (category Assassins of heads of state)
met in Mecca and discussed the 659 Battle of Nahrawan, which took place as a consequence of Siffin, wherein most of their men were eradicated while facing...
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Shimr (category Battle of Karbala)
Mu'awiya, the governor of Syria and future founder of the Umayyad Caliphate, at the Battle of Siffin, where he received a head wound. He later defected...
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid (category Umayyad people of the Arab–Byzantine wars)
He fought reputably against the latter at the Battle of Siffin in 657 and continued his governorship of Homs and campaigns against the Byzantines after...
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Muslim ibn Uqba (category People of the Second Fitna)
Battle of Siffin, to be the commander of an expedition against the people of Medina for refusing to give Yazid the oath of allegiance. The victory of...
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Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (category Year of birth unknown)
agreed between Ali and Muawiyah after the battle of Siffin. There are many historical versions of the result of the arbitration court. According to academic...
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Rashidun Caliphate (category History of Central Asia)
supporters of Ali, rebelled against both Ali and Mu'awiya after refusing to accept the arbitration in the Battle of Siffin. The war led to the overthrow of the...
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supporters of Ali who rebelled against his acceptance of arbitration talks to settle the conflict with his challenger, Mu'awiya, at the Battle of Siffin in 657...
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Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar (category People of the Second Fitna)
against the Banu Umayya at the Battle of Siffin in 657. Ibn al-Ashtar's prominence rose after he entered the service of the pro-Alid and anti-Umayyad leader...
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Hashim ibn Utba (category People of the Muslim conquest of Persia)
the conquest of Al-Mada'in by Muslims. He died in the Battle of Siffin fighting on the side of Ali. Hashim ibn Utbah was born after Muhammad proclaimed...
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governor of Syria. Following the indecisive Battle of Siffin against Mu'awiya in 657 CE, Ali subdued the Kharijites revolt in the Battle of Nahrawan in...
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Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (category Family of Abu Bakr)
After the Battle of Siffin, Ali ibn Abi Talib appointed Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr as the Governor of Egypt, then a newly conquered province of the Islamic...
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heart of Ali's army in the Battle of Siffin was from the people of Yemen, And many of Hamdan loyal to Ali were killed in that battle. Whenever one of them...
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