First Fitna

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The First Fitna was the first major civil war in early Islamic history, marked by political and religious conflicts over the rightful caliph following the assassination of Uthman and during the caliphate of Ali.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic civil war ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
political conflict ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
chronology precedes Second Fitna ⓘ
conflictDuring caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
linked to: Rashidun Caliphate

transition from Rashidun to Umayyad rule ⓘ
endedBy accession of Muawiya I as sole caliph ⓘ
recognition of Muawiya’s rule by many former opponents ⓘ
endTime 661 ⓘ
follows assassination of Uthman ibn Affan ⓘ
hasCause assassination of the third caliph Uthman ⓘ
dispute over rightful caliph ⓘ
tensions between supporters of Ali and supporters of Muawiya ⓘ
unresolved grievances over governance and justice in the late Rashidun period ⓘ
hasLocation Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
hasPart Arbitration after the Battle of Siffin ⓘ
Battle of Nahrawan ⓘ
Battle of Siffin ⓘ
Battle of the Camel ⓘ
accession of Muawiya I as caliph ⓘ
assassination of Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
emergence of the Kharijites ⓘ
historicalPeriod 7th century ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
mainSubject claims of Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan ⓘ
justice for the murder of Uthman ⓘ
legitimacy of Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
succession to the caliphate ⓘ
namedAfter Arabic term "fitna" meaning trial or civil strife ⓘ
opponent Aisha bint Abi Bakr ⓘ
Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ⓘ
linked to: Zubayr ibn al-Awwam

Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan ⓘ
linked to: Muawiya I

Talha ibn Ubayd Allah ⓘ
partOf early Islamic history ⓘ
religiousContext Islam ⓘ
result consolidation of Muawiya I’s rule ⓘ
deepening of political and sectarian divisions in the Muslim community ⓘ
emergence of early Shi'a identity around Ali and his family ⓘ
end of the Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate

rise of the Kharijite movement ⓘ
significantEvent Aisha’s march to Basra ⓘ
Kharijite revolt against Ali ⓘ
linked to: First Fitna

arbitration between Ali’s and Muawiya’s representatives ⓘ
assassination of Ali in Kufa in 661 ⓘ
pledge of allegiance to Ali in Medina ⓘ
raising of Qurans on lances at Siffin ⓘ
startTime 656 ⓘ

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Muawiya I → participatedIn → First Fitna ⓘ
Second Fitna → follows → First Fitna ⓘ
Kharijism → originatedDuringEvent → First Fitna ⓘ
Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr → timePeriod → First Fitna ⓘ
Battle of the Camel → conflictIn → First Fitna ⓘ
First Fitna → significantEvent → Kharijite revolt against Ali ⓘ
linked to: First Fitna
Battle of Siffin → partOf → First Fitna ⓘ
Ubayd Allah ibn Abbas → era → First Fitna ⓘ
Treaty of Hasan–Muawiya → follows → First Fitna ⓘ
Ibn Muljam → involvedIn → First Fitna ⓘ
Najdat → emergedAfterEvent → First Fitna ⓘ
Battle of Nahrawan → partOf → First Fitna ⓘ
Battle of Nahrawan → conflict → First Fitna ⓘ
Waʿqat al-Jamal → partOf → First Fitna ⓘ
subject linked to: Waʿqat al-Jamal (Arabic name)
Waʿqat al-Jamal → conflictIn → First Fitna ⓘ
subject linked to: Waʿqat al-Jamal (Arabic name)
Waqʿat al-Jamal → partOf → First Fitna ⓘ
Waqʿat al-Jamal → conflictIn → First Fitna ⓘ
Battle of Jamal → partOf → First Fitna ⓘ
Battle of Jamal → relatedTo → First Fitna ⓘ
Aisha’s march to Basra → partOf → First Fitna ⓘ
Aisha’s march to Basra → relatedTo → First Fitna ⓘ
Kharijite theology → emergedDuring → First Fitna ⓘ
Battle of Siffin → partOf → First Fitna ⓘ
subject linked to: Siffin
Siffin → associatedWith → First Fitna ⓘ
Syrian Arab tribes → playedRoleIn → First Fitna ⓘ
Malik al-Ashtar → historicalPeriod → First Fitna ⓘ
Malik al-Ashtar → tookPartIn → First Fitna ⓘ
Abu Ishaq al-Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd al-Thaqafi → timePeriod → First Islamic civil wars ⓘ
linked to: First Fitna