July 26 to July 28, 657 AD
(8 Safar to 10 Safar, 37 AH)
Location
Siffin (Tell Abu Hureyra, near Raqqa, Syria)
Result
See Arbitration
Belligerents
Ali's forces of Iraq[1]
Mu'awiya's forces of Syria[1]
Commanders and leaders
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Hasan ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali
Abbas ibn Ali
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya
Malik al-Ashtar
Qays ibn Sa'd
Abd Allah ibn Abbas
Ammar ibn Yasir †
Uwais al-Qarani †
Khuzaima ibn Thabit †
Hashim ibn Utba †
Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr
Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar
Muhajir ibn Khalid †
Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
Amr ibn al-As
Marwan ibn al-Hakam
Abu al-A'war al-Sulami
Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri
Busr ibn Abi Artat
Utba ibn Abi Sufyan
Muslim ibn Uqba
Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni
Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri
Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi
Hassan ibn Malik al-Kalbi
Ubayd Allah ibn Umar †
Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid
Rawh ibn Zinba al-Judhami
Strength
100,000–150,000 men[1]
130,000–150,000 men[1]
Casualties and losses
25,000 killed[1][2]
45,000 killed[1][2]
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Civil wars of the early Caliphates
Ridda Wars
First Fitna
Second Fitna
Revolt of Ibn al-Ash'ath
Revolt of al-Ashdaq
Revolt of Yazid b. al-Muhallab
Revolt of Harith b. Surayj
Revolt of Zayd b. Ali
Berber Revolt
Revolt of Yahya ibn Zayd
Third Fitna
Ibadi revolt
Abbasid Revolution
Revolt of Muhammad the Pure Soul
Battle of Fakhkh
Qays–Yaman war (793–796)
Fourth Fitna
Revolt of Abu'l-Saraya
East Africa
Bashmurian revolts
Anarchy at Samarra
Fifth Fitna
Kharijite Rebellion (866–896)
Zanj Rebellion
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First Fitna
The Camel
Siffin
Nahrawan
Busr's campaigns
Syria campaign
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 Talib and the rebellious governor of Syria Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan. The battle is named after its location Siffin on the banks of the Euphrates. The fighting stopped after the Syrians called for arbitration to escape defeat, to which Ali agreed under pressure from some of his troops. The arbitration process ended inconclusively in 658 though it strengthened the Syrians' support for Mu'awiya and weakened the position of Ali. The battle is considered part of the First Fitna and a major step towards the establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate.
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