The Battle of the Camel (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة اَلْجَمَلِ, romanized: Maʿrakat al-Jamal) took place outside of Basra, Iraq, in 36 AH (656 CE). The battle...

The two parties fought the Battle of the Camel in December 656, from which Ali emerged victorious. Afterward, Mu'awiya, the incumbent governor of Syria...

A camel (from Latin: camelus and Ancient Greek: κάμηλος (kamēlos) from Ancient Semitic: gāmāl) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears...

The Shi'a view of Aisha is generally unfavourable. Her participation in the Battle of the Camel is widely considered the most significant source of such...

participated in the Battle of the Camel by giving speeches and leading troops on the back of her camel. Because of her involvement in this battle, Shia Muslims...

of the Camel in 656. Elsewhere, Mu'awiya, whom Ali had just removed from the governorship of Syria, fought against Ali the inconclusive Battle of Siffin...

Look up Camel, camel, cámel, or camèl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A camel is a hoofed mammal. Camel or Camels may also refer to: Camel Meriem (born...

from his marriage with Khawla (daughter of the Fazara chief Manzur b. Zabban). He was killed in the Battle of Camel, after which, his wife, Khawla, married...

his accession in the Battle of the Camel (656). The orientalist Laura Veccia Vaglieri (d. 1989) believes that Ali refused to lead the rebellion but still...

Battle of Basra may refer to: Battle of the Camel (656), conflict over succession to the caliphate Battle of Basra (871), Zanj capture of Basra Battle...

important role in the Battle of Uhud and the Battle of the Camel, in which he died. According to Sunnis, he was given the title "the Generous" by Muhammad...

of men and camels behind them, and were able to drive the dervishes out of the square and compel them to retreat from the field. The battle was short,...

 656–661) and the largely Qurayshite partisans of A'isha, Marwan sided with the latter at the Battle of the Camel. Marwan later served as governor of Medina...

soldier of caliph Ali, who assassinated Zubayr ibn al-Awwam shortly after the Battle of the Camel, after Zubayr withdrew from the army before the battle began...

hostilities towards each other are debatable. Prior to the events of the Battle of the Camel, a shura was set up in an attempt to decide a successor...

anti-cavalry weapon of the Achaemenid Persians in the Battle of Thymbra. The first recorded use of the camel as a military animal was by the Arab king Gindibu...

Umar's accounts and the role of the Saba'iyya at the Battle of the Camel. Concerning Ibn Saba' religious beliefs, particularly that of the Saba'iyya, W. F...

as sharp criticism of the predecessors of Ali, and disapproval of the triumvirate who revolted against Ali in the Battle of the Camel in 656, namely, Talha...

At the age of 70, Malik al-Ahstar was the main cavalry and commander of the army of Ali Ibn Abi Talib in the Battle of Jamal (Battle of the Camel). After...

of the Camel. Ali emerged victoriously and the dispute was settled. The eminent companions of Muhammad, Talha, and Zubayr, were killed in the battle and...

order to feed her the barley had to be put into her mouth. According to the S̲h̲īʿī tradition, ʿAlī rode upon her at the battle of the Camel and at Ṣiffīn...

against Uthman's killers. Although Ali defeated the rebellion of Talha and Zubayr in the Battle of the Camel in 656, his war against Mu'awiya resulted in...

Muhammad's cousin, Caliph Ali (r. 656–661), in the Battle of the Camel near Basra in 656. In the immediate aftermath of Ali's victory, Utba took refuge with A'isha...

immediately after his accession in the Battle of the Camel (656). Laura Veccia Vaglieri (d. 1989) notes that Ali refused to lead the rebellion but sympathized...

al-Qullus, an idol worshipped by pagans The Battle of Jamal, sometimes called the Battle of the Camel or the Battle of Bassorah, took place at Basra, Iraq...

becomes the fourth caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. He makes Kufah (Iraq) his capital, but the succession is disputed. December 8 – Battle of the Camel: Rebel...

in the Battle of the Camel (656) and the protracted Battle of Siffin (657). The latter fight ended in arbitration and led to the creation of the Kharijites...

Following page lists various days of celebration/mourning/remembrance of Shi'a Muslims. The following is a list of days of celebration/mourning/remembrance...

he could better confront his challengers. Ali defeated them at the Battle of the Camel, in which al-Zubayr and Talha were slain and A'isha consequently...

rhetoric, often accompanied him to battles, even leading an army at the Battle of the Camel. In the context of this battle a hadith is ascribed to Muhammad...