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Second Fitna Territorial Control Map ca 686
original map by Al Ameer son; SVG version by Konstantinos Plakidas · CC BY-SA 4.0
Event war Middle East

Second Fitna

680 CE – 692 CE

A second devastating Islamic civil war after Yazid I's succession. The massacre of Husayn at Karbala (680) became the foundational martyrdom narrative for Shia Islam.

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Umayyad-era Muslim civil war (680–692)

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Conflict · Middle East

Second Fitna

680 CE – 692 CE

A second devastating Islamic civil war after Yazid I's succession. The massacre of Husayn at Karbala (680) became the foundational martyrdom narrative for Shia Islam. The war ended with the Umayyads reasserting control.

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