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Second Fitna

680–692 · 7th century

The Second Fitna was a period of civil war in the Islamic caliphate from 680 to 692. It began after the accession of Yazid I and included the death of Husayn ibn Ali at Karbala and the rival caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr in Mecca. Accounts of the Umayyad Caliphate describe how the Marwanid branch of the Umayyads emerged victorious and consolidated the dynasty.

Second Fitna
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