civil wars

29 events

  1. c. 570 CE

    The war between the Ahlaf and Banu Malik

    Place: Ta'if

  2. between 744 and 754 CE · c. 126 AH

    The Rising of Musafir al-Qassab in Armenia

    Commanders: Abu Ja'far al-Mansur

    Place: Armenia

  3. c. 745 CE · 127 AH

    al-Dahhak ibn Qays Takes Kufa and Agrees a Division with Ibn Umar

    Commanders: Abdallah ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz · Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan

    Place: Kufa

  4. between 754 and 775 CE

    Armenia's Rising under al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba

    Commanders: al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba al-Ta'i

    Place: Armenia

  5. between 847 and 861 CE

    The Patrikioses' Killing of Yusuf al-Marwazi

    Commanders: Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Marwazi

    Place: Armenia

  6. c. 909 CE · 296 AH

    The first deposition of al-Muqtadir and the allegiance to Ibn al-Mu'tazz

  7. c. October 949 CE · Rabi' I 338 AH

    The Karkh strife between Sunnis and Shi'is, 338

    Place: Baghdad

  8. c. 952 CE · 341 AH

    The War of the Khutba at Mecca between the Alid and the Egyptians

    Place: Mecca

  9. c. July 959 CE · Jumada I 348 AH

    Sunni-Shi'i Strife at Bab al-Taq in 348

    Place: Baghdad

  10. c. October 960 CE · Sha'ban 349 AH

    The fitna at the New Bridge and the suspension of Friday prayer

    Place: Baghdad

  11. c. 9 October 960 CE · 3 Sha'ban 349 AH

    The New Bridge strife between Sunnis and Shi'is in 349

    Place: Baghdad

  12. c. 986 CE · 376 AH

    War of the brothers: Sharaf al-Dawla overthrows Samsam al-Dawla

    Commanders: شرف الدولة بن ركن الدولة · صمصام الدولة بن عضد الدولة

  13. 1009 CE · 399 AH

    The Cordoba Strife and the Rising of Ibn Abd al-Jabbar

    Commanders: هشام المؤيد بالله

    Place: Cordoba

  14. 1015 CE · 406 AH

    The Shi'i–Sunni war at Wasit (406–407 AH)

  15. c. 1025 CE · 416 AH

    Death of Sharaf al-Dawla and Anarchy in Baghdad

    Commanders: Jalal al-Dawla · al-Malik Abu Kalijar ibn Sultan al-Dawla

    Place: Baghdad

  16. c. March 1031 CE · Rabi' I 422 AH

    Sunni-Rafida Strife in Baghdad in 422

  17. c. February 1050 CE · Sha'ban 441 AH

    The gate-building war between Karkh and al-Qala'in

    Place: Baghdad

  18. c. May 1076 CE · Shawwal 469 AH

    The al-Qushayri fitna between the Hanbalis and the Ash'aris in Baghdad

  19. c. 1090 CE · 483 AH

    Sunni-Rafida Strife in Baghdad in 483

    Place: Baghdad

  20. c. 1101 CE · 495 AH

    The Revolt of Nizar ibn al-Mustansir at Alexandria and Its Suppression in 495

    Commanders: نزار بن المستنصر صاحب الدعوة النزارية · al-Malik al-Afdal Shahanshah

    Place: Alexandria

  21. c. June 1176 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 571 AH

    The Mecca fitna and deposition of Mukaththir (571 AH)

    Commanders: Dawud ibn Isa, amir of Mecca

    Place: Mecca

  22. c. 1185 CE · 581 AH

    the Turkmen-Kurd war across the Jazira and Mosul

    Place: Mosul

  23. c. 1185 CE · 581 AH

    The Strife between the Turkmens and the Kurds

  24. April 1205 CE · Sha'ban 601 AH

    Baghdad's quarter-wars of 601 AH

  25. August 1205 CE · Muharram 602 AH

    The bazaar-quarters' fitna at Herat (602 AH)

    Place: هراة

  26. June 1374 CE · Muharram 776 AH

    The Marinid division between Fez and Marrakesh (776 AH)

    Place: Fez

  27. 1403 CE · 806 AH

    The Ottoman Interregnum (Fetret Devri)

  28. c. 1410 CE · 813 AH

    The great calamity of Fez, 813 AH

    Place: Fes

  29. Ibn Khazim's War for Khurasan

    Commanders: Abdallah ibn Khazim al-Sulami · Umar ibn Marthad