- 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...
- Ali and parti****ted in
several battles, such as the
Battle of
Jamal and
Siffin against Mu'awiya. His
title "al-Ashtar"
references an
eyelid injury he received...
- 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 tribe in Yemen.
Hijaz (current-day...
-
Muslim Civil War, 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...
-
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...
- corrupt. Mu'awiya then
declared war on Ali and was
defeated in the
Battle of
Siffin. Ali's
decision to
arbitrate angered the Kharijites, an
extremist sect,...
- to
settle the
conflict with his challenger, Mu'awiya, at the
Battle of
Siffin in 657. They ****erted that "judgment
belongs to God alone",
which became...
- the
governorship of Syria,
fought against Ali the
inconclusive Battle of
Siffin in 657,
which ended in a
failed arbitration process that
alienated some...
- Ali (r. 656–661). He
fought re****bly
against the
latter at the
Battle of
Siffin in 657 and
continued his
governorship of Homs and
campaigns against the...
- 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 during Ali's reign...
