Part of the early Muslim civil wars and the Qays–Yaman rivalry
The Umayyad Caliphate at its greatest extent c. 740, before the Third Fitna
Date
744–747
Location
Syria, Iraq, Persia, Khurasan, Arabia
Result
Victory of Marwan II and the pro-Qays faction in the inter-Umayyad civil war; Umayyad authority weakened and overthrown in subsequent Abbasid Revolution
Belligerents
pro-Qays Umayyads
pro-Yaman Umayyads
anti-Umayyad rebels:
Alids
Kharijites
Hashimiyya
Commanders and leaders
Al-Walid II † Marwan II Abu al-Ward Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayra Nasr ibn Sayyar
Yazid III Sulayman ibn Hisham Yazid ibn Khalid al-Qasri
Abdallah ibn Mu'awiya al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani † Hafs ibn al-Walid ibn Yusuf al-Hadrami Talib al-Haqq † Juday al-Kirmani X Abu Muslim
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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
The Third Fitna (Arabic: الفتنة الثاﻟﺜـة, romanized: al-Fitna al-thālitha),[note 1] was a series of civil wars and uprisings against the Umayyad Caliphate. It began with a revolt against Caliph al-Walid II in 744, and lasted until 747, when Marwan II emerged as the victor. The war exacerbated internal tensions, especially the Qays–Yaman rivalry, and the temporary collapse of Umayyad authority opened the way for Kharijite and other anti-Umayyad revolts. The last and most successful of these was the Abbasid Revolution, which began in Khurasan in 747, and ended with the overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate and the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750.[2]
^Gardet 1965, p. 930.
^Hawting 2000, p. 90.
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