- 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 (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...
-
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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
latter made
Ubayd Allah a
commander of his
elite battalion at the
Battle of
Siffin,
where he was slain.
Ubayd Allah was a son of Umar ibn al-Khattab, a companion...
- 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...
- were
numerous defections from Ali's camp in the
aftermath of the
Battle of
Siffin. A
majority of
these defectors gathered under one
banner and came to be...
- of the
prominent general Khalid ibn al-Walid. He died in the
Battle of
Siffin.
Muhajir was a son of
Khalid ibn al-Walid, a
member of the Banu Makhzum...
