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Summary
In 40 AH, after a long exchange of letters, a truce took place between Ali and Mu'awiya: war was to be set aside, Ali would hold Iraq and Mu'awiya would hold Syria, and neither would enter the other's territory by raid. 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Ali ibn Abi Talib· Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
People and things also explored
Ali declines to keep Muawiya in office· Letters between Ali and Muawiya after the Camel· Muawiya's demand that the killers of Uthman be surrendered· Muslim ibn ʿUqba at Dūmat al-Jandal — the town that would give bayʿa to neither (39 AH)· Qays ibn Sa'd's governorship of Egypt and Ali's letter to him· Muwatta 2154· The ruling on one who abandons prayer· The wise sayings attributed to Ali
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 735
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islam.museum contributors. “the truce between ʿAli and Muʿāwiya (40 AH)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ali-muawiya-truce-40/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.