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{{Short description|Umayyad-era Muslim civil war (680–692)}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Second Fitna
| partof            = the [[Fitna (word)|Fitna]]s
| image             = Second Fitna Territorial Control Map ca 686.svg
| image_size        = 300px
| caption           = Territory controlled by the contenders to the caliphate in 686, at the peak of the civil war
| date              = 680–692
| place             = {{flatlist|
* [[Arabia]]
* [[Bilad al-Sham|Syria]]
* [[Al-Jazira (caliphal province)|Jazira]]
* [[Lower Mesopotamia|Iraq]]
}}
| result            = Umayyad victory
| combatant1        = [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
| combatant2        = [[Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr#Claim to the caliphate|Zubayrid Caliphate]]
| combatant3        = [[Alids]]
| combatant4        = [[Kharijites]]
| commander1        = {{ubl
 | [[Yazid I]]{{Natural Causes}}
 | [[Marwan I]]
 | [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]] 
}}
| commander2        = [[Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr]] (692){{KIA}}
| commander3        = [[Husayn ibn Ali]] (680){{KIA}}
[[Mukhtar al-Thaqafi]]{{KIA}}
| commander4        = {{ubl
 | [[Nafi ibn al-Azraq]] (685){{KIA}}
 | [[Najda ibn Amir al-Hanafi]] (691/692){{KIA}}
}}
| campaignbox       = {{Campaignbox Second Fitna}}{{Campaignbox Civil Wars of the Early Caliphates}}
}}
The '''Second Fitna''' was a period of general political and military disorder and civil war in the Islamic community during the early [[Umayyad Caliphate]].{{NoteTag|1=The word {{tlit|ar|fitna}} ({{langx|ar|فتنة}}, meaning trial or temptation) occurs in the [[Quran]] in the sense of test of faith of the believers, especially as a Divine punishment for sinful behavior. Historically, it came to mean civil war or rebellion which causes rifts in the unified community and endangers believers' faith.{{sfn|Gardet|1965|p=930}}}} It followed the death of the first Umayyad caliph [[Mu'awiya I]] in 680, and lasted for about twelve years. The war involved the suppression of two challenges to the [[Umayyad dynasty]], the first by [[Husayn ibn Ali]], as well as his supporters including [[Sulayman ibn Surad]] and [[Mukhtar al-Thaqafi]] who rallied for his revenge in [[History of Iraq|Iraq]], and the second by [[Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr]].

The roots of the civil war go back to the [[First Fitna]]. After the [[Siege of Uthman|assassination of the third caliph]], [[Uthman]], the Islamic community experienced its first civil war over the question of leadership, with the main contenders being [[Ali]] and Mu'awiya. Following the [[assassination of Ali]] in 661 and the abdication of his successor [[Hasan ibn Ali|Hasan]] the same year, Mu'awiya became the sole ruler of the caliphate. Mu'awiya's unprecedented decision to nominate his son [[Yazid I|Yazid]] as his heir sparked opposition, and tensions soared after Mu'awiya's death. Husayn ibn Ali was invited by the pro-[[Alids]]{{NoteTag|1=Political supporters of Ali and his descendants (Alids). The religious sect [[Shia Islam|Shi'a]] emerged from this party of Alid supporters.{{sfn|Donner|2010|p=178}}{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=77}}}} of [[Kufa]] to overthrow the Umayyads but was killed with his small company en route to Kufa at the [[Battle of Karbala]] in October 680. Yazid's army [[Battle of al-Harrah|assaulted anti-government rebels]] in Medina in August 683 and subsequently [[Siege of Mecca (683)|besieged Mecca]], where Ibn al-Zubayr had established himself in opposition to Yazid. After Yazid died in November the siege was abandoned, and Umayyad authority collapsed throughout the caliphate except in certain parts of [[Bilad al-Sham|Syria]]; most provinces recognized Ibn al-Zubayr as caliph. A series of pro-Alid movements demanding revenge for Husayn's death emerged in Kufa, beginning with Ibn Surad's [[Tawwabin uprising|Penitents movement]], which was crushed by the Umayyads at the [[Battle of Ayn al-Warda]] in January 685. Kufa was then taken over by Mukhtar. Though his forces routed a large Umayyad army at the [[Battle of Khazir]] in August 686, Mukhtar and his supporters were slain by the Zubayrids in April 687 following a series of battles. Under the leadership of [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]], the Umayyads reasserted control over the caliphate after defeating the Zubayrids at the [[Battle of Maskin]] in Iraq and killing Ibn al-Zubayr in the [[Siege of Mecca (692)|siege of Mecca]] in 692.

Abd al-Malik made key reforms in the administrative structure of the caliphate, including increasing caliphal power, restructuring the army, and Arabizing and Islamizing the bureaucracy. The events of the Second Fitna intensified sectarian tendencies in Islam, and various doctrines were developed within what would later become the [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] and [[Shia Islam|Shi'a]] denominations of Islam.

==Background==
{{Main|Assassination of Uthman}}
After the third caliph [[Uthman]]'s [[Siege of Uthman|assassination by rebels]] in 656, the rebels and the townspeople of [[Medina]] declared [[Ali]], a cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]], caliph. Most of the [[Quraysh]] (the grouping of Meccan clans to which Muhammad and all the [[Rashidun Caliphate|early caliphs]] belonged), led by Muhammad's prominent [[Sahaba|companions]] [[Talha ibn Ubayd Allah]] and [[Zubayr ibn al-Awwam]], and Muhammad's widow [[A'isha]], refused to recognize Ali. They called for revenge against Uthman's killers and the election of a new caliph through ''[[shura]]'' (consultation). These events precipitated the [[First Fitna]]. Ali emerged victorious against these early opponents at the [[Battle of the Camel]] near [[Basra]] in November 656, thereupon moving his capital to the Iraqi garrison town of [[Kufa]].{{sfn|Donner|2010|pp=157–159}} [[Muawiyah I|Mu'awiya]], the governor of [[Bilad al-Sham|Syria]], and a member of the [[Umayyad dynasty|Umayyad clan]] to which Uthman belonged, also denounced Ali's legitimacy as caliph, and the two confronted each other at the [[Battle of Siffin]]. The battle ended in a stalemate in July 657 when Ali's forces refused to fight in response to Mu'awiya's calls for arbitration. Ali reluctantly agreed to talks, but a faction of his forces, later called the [[Khawarij|Kharijites]], broke away in protest, condemning his acceptance of arbitration as blasphemous.{{sfn|Donner|2010|pp=161–162}} Arbitration could not settle the dispute between Mu'awiya and Ali. The latter was assassinated by a Kharijite in January 661, after Ali's forces had killed most of the Kharijites at the [[Battle of Nahrawan]].{{sfn|Donner|2010|p=166}} Ali's eldest son [[Hasan ibn Ali|Hasan]] became caliph, but Mu'awiya challenged his authority and invaded Iraq. In August, Hasan abdicated the caliphate to Mu'awiya in a [[Hasan-Muawiya treaty|peace treaty]], thus ending the First Fitna. The capital was transferred to [[Damascus]].{{sfn|Donner|2010|p=167}}

===Yazid's succession===
[[File:Second Fitna Battle Map.png|thumb|upright=1.5|The main campaigns and battles of the Second Fitna|alt=Army movements and battle locations marked on a grayscale map of the Middle East]]
The treaty brought a temporary peace, but no framework of succession was established.{{sfn|Donner|2010|p=177}}{{sfn|Lewis|2002|p=67}} As it had in the past, the issue of succession could potentially lead to problems in the future.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|p=140}} The orientalist [[Bernard Lewis]] writes: "The only precedents available to Mu'āwiya from Islamic history were election and civil war. The former was unworkable; the latter had obvious drawbacks."{{sfn|Lewis|2002|p=67}} Mu'awiya wanted to settle the issue in his lifetime by designating his son [[Yazid I|Yazid]] as his successor.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|p=140}} In 676, he announced his nomination of Yazid.{{sfn|Madelung|1997|p=322}} With no precedence in Islamic history, hereditary succession aroused opposition from different quarters and the nomination was considered the corruption of the caliphate into a monarchy.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=76}} Mu'awiya summoned a ''shura'' in Damascus and persuaded representatives from various provinces by diplomacy and bribes.{{sfn|Lewis|2002|p=67}} The sons of a few of Muhammad's prominent companions including [[Husayn ibn Ali]], [[Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr]], [[Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab|Abd Allah ibn Umar]] and [[Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr|Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr]], all of whom, by virtue of their descent, could also lay claim to the caliphal office,{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|p=145}}{{sfn|Hawting|2000|p=46}} opposed the nomination. Mu'awiya's threats and the general recognition of Yazid throughout the caliphate forced them into silence.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|pp=141–145}}

Historian [[Fred Donner]] writes that contentions over the leadership of the Muslim community had not been settled in the First Fitna and resurfaced with the death of Mu'awiya in April 680.{{sfn|Donner|2010|p=177}} Before his death, Mu'awiya cautioned Yazid that Husayn and Ibn al-Zubayr might challenge his rule and instructed him to defeat them if they did. Ibn al-Zubayr, in particular, was considered dangerous and was to be treated harshly, unless he came to terms.{{sfn|Lammens|1921|pp=5–6}} Upon his succession, Yazid charged the governor of Medina, his cousin [[Al-Walid ibn Utba ibn Abi Sufyan|Walid ibn Utba ibn Abi Sufyan]], to secure allegiance from Husayn, Ibn al-Zubayr and Ibn Umar, with force if necessary. Walid sought the advice of his kinsman [[Marwan I|Marwan ibn al-Hakam]]. He counseled that Ibn al-Zubayr and Husayn should be forced to give allegiance as they were dangerous, while Ibn Umar should be left alone since he posed no threat.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|pp=145–146}}{{sfn|Howard|1990|pp=2–3}} Walid summoned the two, but Ibn al-Zubayr escaped to Mecca. Husayn answered the summons but declined to give allegiance in the secretive environment of the meeting, suggesting it should be done in public. Marwan threatened to imprison him, but due to Husayn's kinship with Muhammad, Walid was unwilling to take any action against him. A few days later, Husayn left for Mecca without giving allegiance.{{sfn|Howard|1990|pp=5–7}} In the view of the [[Islamic studies|Islamicist]] [[G. R. Hawting]], "... tensions and pressures which had been suppressed by Mu'awiya came to the surface during Yazid's caliphate and erupted after his death, when [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] authority was temporarily eclipsed."{{sfn|Hawting|2000|p=46}}

==Revolts against Yazid==

===Revolt of Husayn ibn Ali===
{{Main|Battle of Karbala}}
[[File:Brooklyn Museum - Battle of Karbala - Abbas Al-Musavi - cropped.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Battle of Karbala]] depicted by Abbas Al-Musavi, late 19th century to early 20th century. |alt=A painting depicting a rider stabbing a foot-soldier; various other scenes in the background]]
Husayn had considerable support in Kufa. The inhabitants of the town had fought the Umayyads and their Syrian allies during the First Fitna.{{sfn|Daftary|1990|p=47}} They were dissatisfied with Hasan's abdication{{sfn|Wellhausen|1901|p=61}} and strongly resented Umayyad rule.{{sfn|Daftary|1990|p=48}} After the death of Hasan in 669, they had attempted unsuccessfully to interest Husayn in revolting against Mu'awiya.{{sfn|Daftary|1990|p=49}} After Hasan died, the pro-[[Alids]] of Kufa once again invited Husayn to lead them in revolt against Yazid. To assess the situation, the Mecca-based Husayn sent his cousin [[Muslim ibn Aqil]], who gained widespread support in Kufa and suggested Husayn join his sympathizers there. Yazid removed [[Nu'man ibn Bashir al-Ansari]] as governor due to his inaction over Ibn Aqil's activities and replaced him with [[Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad]], then governor of Basra. On Yazid's instructions, Ibn Ziyad suppressed the rebellion and executed Ibn Aqil.{{sfn|Donner|2010|p=178}} Encouraged by his cousin's letter, and unaware of his execution, Husayn left for Kufa. To track him down, Ibn Ziyad stationed troops along the routes leading to the city. He was intercepted at [[Karbala]], a desert plain north of Kufa. Some 4,000 troops arrived later to force his submission to Yazid. After a few days of negotiations and his refusal to submit, Husayn was killed along with some 70 of his male companions in the [[Battle of Karbala]] on 10 October 680.{{sfn|Donner|2010|p=178}}

===Opposition in Mecca and Medina===
{{Main|Battle of al-Harra|Siege of Mecca (683)}}

Following Husayn's death, Yazid faced increased opposition to his rule from Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, a son of Muhammad's companion Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and a grandson of the first caliph [[Abu Bakr]] ({{reign|632|634}}). Ibn al-Zubayr secretly began taking allegiance in [[Mecca]],{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|pp=148–150}} though publicly he only called for a ''shura'' to elect a new caliph.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=77}} At first, Yazid tried placating him by sending gifts and delegations in an attempt to reach a settlement.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|pp=148–150}} After Ibn al-Zubayr's refusal to recognize him, Yazid sent a force led by Ibn al-Zubayr's estranged brother Amr to arrest him. The force was defeated and Amr was executed.{{sfn|Donner|2010|p=180}} In addition to the growing influence of Ibn al-Zubayr in Medina, the city's inhabitants were disillusioned with Umayyad rule and Mu'awiya's agricultural projects,{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=77}} which included confiscation of their lands to increase government revenue.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=76}} Yazid invited the notables of Medina to Damascus and tried to win them over with gifts. They were unpersuaded, however, and on their return to Medina narrated tales of Yazid's lavish lifestyle and practices considered by many to be impious, including drinking wine, hunting with hounds and his love for music. The Medinese, under the leadership of [[Abd Allah ibn Hanzala]], renounced their allegiance to Yazid and expelled the governor, Yazid's cousin [[Uthman ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Sufyan]], and the Umayyads residing in the city. Yazid dispatched a 12,000-strong army under the command of [[Muslim ibn Uqba]] to reconquer the [[Hejaz]] (western Arabia). After failed negotiations, the Medinese were defeated in the [[Battle of al-Harra]], and the city was plundered for three days. Having forced the rebels to renew their allegiance, Yazid's army headed for Mecca to subdue Ibn al-Zubayr.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|pp=152–156}}{{sfn|Donner|2010|pp=180–181}}

Ibn Uqba died on the way and command passed to [[Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni|Husayn ibn Numayr]], who [[Siege of Mecca (683)|besieged Mecca]] in September 683. The siege lasted for several weeks, during which the [[Ka'aba]] caught fire. Yazid's sudden death in November ended the campaign. After trying unsuccessfully to persuade Ibn al-Zubayr to accompany him to Syria and be declared caliph there, Ibn Numayr left with his troops.{{sfn|Hawting|2000|p=48}}

==Counter-caliphate of Ibn al-Zubayr==
{{Main|Zubayrid Caliphate|Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr}}

With the demise of Yazid and the withdrawal of Syrian troops, Ibn al-Zubayr was now [[de facto]] ruler of the Hejaz and the rest of Arabia,{{NoteTag|[[Oman]] was independently ruled by the Banu Juland, while the situation in [[Hadhramaut]] is unclear.{{sfn|Rotter|1982|p=84}}}} and he openly declared himself caliph. Soon afterwards, he was recognized in Egypt, as well as in Iraq where the Umayyad governor Ibn Ziyad had been expelled by the tribal nobility (''ashraf'').{{sfn|Donner|2010|pp=181–182}} Coins bearing Ibn al-Zubayr's name were minted in parts of southern Persia ([[Pars (Sasanian province)|Fars]] and [[Kirman (Sasanian province)|Kirman]]).{{sfn|Hawting|2000|p=48}}{{sfn|Rotter|1982|p=85}}

===Struggle for control of Syria===
[[File:Approximate map of areas under Ibn al-Zubayr's control after the death of Muawiya II.png|thumb|Approximate map of areas under Ibn al-Zubayr's influence after the death of [[Muawiyah II|Mu'awiya II]]]]
{{Main|Battle of Marj Rahit (684)}}

After Yazid's death, his son and nominated successor [[Muawiyah II|Mu'awiya II]] became caliph, but his authority was limited to certain parts of Syria.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|pp=168–169}} Mu'awiya II died after a few months with no suitable [[Umayyad Caliphate#Sufyanids|Sufyanid]] (Umayyads of the line of Mu'awiya; descendants of [[Abu Sufyan ibn Harb|Abu Sufyan]]) candidate to succeed him. The northern Syrian [[Qays]] tribes supported Ibn al-Zubayr,{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|p=182}} as did the governors of the Syrian districts of [[Jund Hims|Hims]], [[Jund Qinnasrin|Qinnasrin]] and [[Jund Filastin|Palestine]], while the Damascus governor [[al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri|Dahhak ibn Qays]] was also leaning toward Ibn al-Zubayr. Moreover, many Umayyads, including Marwan ibn al-Hakam, the most senior among them at the time, were willing to recognize him. Pro-Umayyad tribes, particularly the [[Banu Kalb]], dominated the district of [[Jund al-Urdunn|Jordan]] and had support in Damascus. They were determined to install an Umayyad.{{sfn|Hawting|1989|pp=49–51}} The Kalbite chief [[Ibn Bahdal]] was related in marriage to the Sufyanid caliphs, and his tribe had held a privileged position under them.{{NoteTag|The [[Qays]]ites supported [[Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr]] out of opposition to [[Banu Kalb|Kalbite]] hegemony in Syria under the [[Umayyad Caliphate#Sufyanids|Sufyanid]] caliphs.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|p=170}}}} He wanted to see Yazid's younger son [[Khalid ibn Yazid|Khalid]] on the throne.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|pp=78–79}} Ibn Ziyad convinced Marwan to put forward his own candidacy as Khalid was considered too young for the post by the non-Kalbites in the pro-Umayyad coalition.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=78}} Marwan was acknowledged as caliph in a ''shura'' of pro-Umayyad tribes summoned to the Kalbite stronghold of [[Jabiya]] in June 684.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|p=182}} Pro-Zubayrid tribes refused to recognize Marwan and the two sides clashed at the [[Battle of Marj Rahit (684)|Battle of Marj Rahit]] in August. The pro-Zubayrid Qays under Dahhak's leadership were slaughtered and many of their senior leaders were slain.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|pp=78–79}}

Marwan's accession was a turning point as Syria was reunited under the Umayyads and the Umayyads' focus was turned to regaining lost territories.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=80}} Marwan and his son [[Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan|Abd al-Aziz]] expelled the Zubayrid governor of Egypt with the help of local tribes.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=80}} The Zubayrid attack on Palestine led by Mus'ab was repulsed,{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|pp=185–186}} but an Umayyad campaign to retake the Hejaz was defeated near Medina.{{sfn|Hawting|1989|pp=162–163}} Marwan dispatched Ibn Ziyad to restore Umayyad control in Iraq.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|pp=185–186}} After Marwan died in April 685, he was succeeded by his son [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan|Abd al-Malik]].{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=80}}

===Eastern provinces===
About the time of caliph Yazid's death, the Umayyad governor of [[Sijistan]] (present-day eastern Iran), [[Yazid ibn Ziyad]], faced a rebellion of the [[Zunbil]] in the eastern dependency of [[Zabulistan]], who captured Ibn Ziyad's brother Abu Ubayda. Yazid ibn Ziyad attacked the Zunbil but was defeated and killed. His brother [[Salm ibn Ziyad|Salm]], the Umayyad governor of [[Khurasan]], which comprised present-day northern Iran as well as parts of Central Asia and present-day Afghanistan, sent [[Talha ibn Abd Allah al-Khuza'i]] as the new governor of Sijistan. Talha ransomed Abu Ubayda but died shortly afterwards.{{sfn|Dixon|1971|pp=104–105}}{{sfn|Rotter|1982|pp=87–88}}

The weakening of central authority resulted in the outbreak of tribal factionalism and rivalries that the Arab emigrants of the Muslim armies had brought with them in the conquered lands. Talha's successor, who was from [[Rabi`ah|Rabi'a]] tribe, was soon driven out by the Rabi'a's tribal opponents from the [[Mudar]]. Tribal feuds consequently ensued, which continued at least until the arrival of the Zubayrid governor [[Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Amir]] at the end of 685. He put an end to the inter-tribal fighting and defeated the Zunbil rebellion.{{sfn|Dixon|1971|pp=104–105}}{{sfn|Rotter|1982|pp=87–88}} In Khurasan, Salm kept the news of caliph Yazid's death secret for some time. When it became known, he obtained from his troops temporary allegiance to himself, but was soon after expelled by them. On his departure in the summer of 684, he appointed [[Abd Allah ibn Khazim al-Sulami]], a Mudarite, as governor of Khurasan. Ibn Khazim recognized Ibn al-Zubayr but was overwhelmed by the Rabi'a–Mudar feuds. The Rabi'a opposed Zubayrid rule due to their hatred of the Mudarite Ibn Khazim, who ultimately suppressed them, but soon after faced rebellion from his erstwhile allies from the [[Banu Tamim]].{{sfn|Dixon|1971|pp=105–108}}{{sfn|Rotter|1982|pp=89–92}} The inter-tribal warfare over control of Khurasan continued for several years and Ibn Khazim was killed in 691.{{sfn|Dixon|1971|p=110}} Ibn al-Zubayr's authority in these areas had been nominal, particularly in Khurasan where Ibn Khazim ruled with virtual independence.{{sfn|Kennedy|2007|pp=239, 241}}

[[File:Silver dirham of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr 690-91.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian]]-style [[dirham]] of Ibn al-Zubayr|alt=Coin with protruded inscription in Arabic and a crowned head seen side-on]]

===Dissensions===
During his revolt, Ibn al-Zubayr had allied with the Kharijites, who opposed the Umayyads and the Alids. After claiming the caliphate, he denounced their religious views and refused to accept their form of governance, which led to the breakup of their alliance.{{sfn|Hawting|2000|p=49}} A group of Kharijites went to Basra, the rest to central Arabia, and began destabilizing his rule.{{sfn|Hawting|1989|pp=98–102}}{{sfn|Gibb|1960a|p=55}}{{NoteTag|After deserting Caliph [[Ali]] ({{reign|656|661}}) on the basis that judgement belongs to God alone, the [[Kharijites]] went on to reject any form of non-Kharijite government.{{sfn|Lewis|2002|p=76}} According to the historian [[W. Montgomery Watt|Montgomery Watt]], they wanted a return to the pre-Islamic tribal society.{{sfn|Watt|1973|p=20}} The Umayyad governors kept them in check, but after the death of Caliph [[Yazid I|Yazid]] in 683, the resulting power vacuum caused the resumption of the anti-government activities of militant Kharijites, which in many cases consisted of raids against settled areas. Internal disputes and fragmentation weakened them considerably before their defeat by the Umayyad governor [[Hajjaj ibn Yusuf]] after the caliphate had been reunited under Caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]] ({{reign|685|705}}).{{sfn|Lewis|2002|p=76}}{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=84}}|name=|group=}} Until then he had been supported by the pro-Alid Kufan nobleman [[Mukhtar al-Thaqafi]] in his opposition to Yazid. Ibn al-Zubayr denied him a prominent official position, which they had agreed upon earlier. In April 684, Mukhtar deserted him and went on to incite pro-Alid sentiment in Kufa.{{sfn|Dixon|1971|pp=34–35}}

==Pro-Alid movements==

===Tawwabin uprising===
{{Main|Tawwabin uprising|Battle of Ayn al-Warda}}
A few prominent Alid supporters in Kufa seeking to atone for their failure to assist Husayn, which they considered a sin, launched a movement under [[Sulayman ibn Surad]], a companion of Muhammad and an ally of Ali, to fight the Umayyads. Calling themselves the "Tawwabin" (Penitents), they remained underground while the Umayyads controlled Iraq. After caliph Yazid's death and the subsequent ouster of Ibn Ziyad, the Tawwabin openly called for avenging Husayn's slaying.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1901|pp=71–72}} Although they attracted large-scale support in Kufa,{{sfn|Wellhausen|1901|p=72}} they lacked a political program, their chief objective being to punish the Umayyads or sacrifice themselves in the process.{{sfn|Sharon|1983|pp=104–105}} When Mukhtar returned to Kufa, he attempted to dissuade the Tawwabin from their endeavor in favor of an organized movement to gain control of the city. Ibn Surad's stature prevented his followers from accepting Mukhtar's proposal.{{sfn|Dixon|1971|p=37}} Out of the 16,000 men who enlisted, 4,000 mobilized for the fight. In November 684, the Tawwabin left to confront the Umayyads, after mourning for a day at Husayn's grave in Karbala. The two armies met in January 685 at the [[Battle of Ayn al-Warda]] in the [[Al-Jazira (caliphal province)|Jazira]] (Upper Mesopotamia). The battle lasted for three days during which most of the Tawwabin, including Ibn Surad, were killed, while a few escaped to Kufa.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1901|p=73}}

===Revolt of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi===
{{Main|Mukhtar al-Thaqafi|Battle of Khazir|Battle of Harura}}

Since his return to Kufa, Mukhtar had been calling for revenge against Husayn's killers and the establishment of an Alid caliphate in the name of Ali's son [[Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya]], while declaring himself his representative.{{sfn|Daftary|1990|p=52}} The defeat of the Tawwabin left him as the leader of the Kufan pro-Alids. In October 685, Mukhtar and his supporters, a significant number of whom consisted of local, non-Arab converts ([[Mawla|''mawali'']]), overthrew Ibn al-Zubayr's governor and seized control of Kufa. His control extended to most of Iraq and parts of north-western Iran.{{sfn|Dixon|1971|p=45}} His preferential treatment of the ''mawali'',{{NoteTag|name="mawali"|1=Despite being awarded equality by Islam, most local converts were often treated as second-class citizens. They paid higher taxes than Arabs, were paid lower military salaries and were deprived of war booty.{{sfn|Daftary|1990|pp=55–56}}}} whom he awarded equal status with the Arabs, resulted in rebellion of the Arab tribal nobility. After crushing the rebellion, Mukhtar executed Kufans involved in the killing of Husayn, including [[Umar ibn Sa'ad]], the commander of the army that had killed Husayn. As a result of these measures, thousands of Kufan ''ashraf'' fled to Basra.{{sfn|Donner|2010|p=185}} He then sent his general [[Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar]] to confront an approaching Umayyad army, led by Ibn Ziyad, which had been sent to reconquer the province. The Umayyad army was routed at the [[Battle of Khazir]] in August 686 and Ibn Ziyad was killed.{{sfn|Hawting|2000|p=53}} In Basra, [[Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath]], Shabath ibn Rib'i and other Kufan refugees, who were anxious to return to their city and regain their lost privileges, persuaded its governor Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, the younger brother of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, to attack Kufa.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1901|p=85}} Mukhtar sent his army to confront Mus'ab, but it was defeated in the first battle at Madhar located on the [[Tigris]] between Basra and Kufa. Mukhtar's army retreated to Harura, a village near Kufa but was annihilated by Mus'ab's forces in the [[Battle of Harura|second battle]] there. Mukhtar and his remaining supporters took refuge in Kufa's palace, where they were besieged by Mus'ab. Four months later in April 687, Mukhtar was killed while attempting a sortie. Some 6,000 of his supporters surrendered, whom Mus'ab executed under pressure from Ibn al-Ash'ath's son [[Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath|Abd al-Rahman]] and other ''ashraf''.{{sfn|Dixon|1971|pp=73–75}} Mukhtar's fall left the Umayyads and the Zubayrids as the remaining belligerents in the war.{{sfn|Hawting|2000|pp=47–49}}

==Victory of the Umayyads==
{{Main|Battle of Maskin|Siege of Mecca (692)}}

Following Marwan's accession in June 684, Ibn Ziyad had been sent to reconquer Iraq. It was then he defeated the Tawwabin at Ayn al-Warda. After their disastrous defeat at Marj Rahit, the Qays had regrouped in the Jazira and had hampered Ibn Ziyad's efforts to reconquer the province for a year. They continued supporting the Zubayrids.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|pp=185–186}} Unable to defeat them in their fortified positions, Ibn Ziyad moved on to capture Mosul from Mukhtar's governor. Mukhtar sent a small army of 3,000 cavalrymen to retake the city. Despite its victory in the battle (July 686), the force retreated due to the Syrians' numerical superiority.{{sfn|Dixon|1971|pp=59–60}} A month later, Ibn Ziyad was killed by Mukhtar's reinforced army at the Battle of Khazir.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|p=186}} With Ibn Ziyad dead, Abd al-Malik abandoned his plans to reconquer Iraq for several years and focused on consolidating Syria,{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=81}} where his rule was threatened by internal disturbances and renewed hostilities with the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]].{{sfn|Gibb|1960b|p=76}} Nonetheless, he led two abortive campaigns in Iraq (689 and 690),{{sfn|Dixon|1971|pp=126–127}} and instigated a failed anti-Zubayrid revolt in Basra through his agents. Abd al-Malik's Basran supporters were severely repressed by Mus'ab in retaliation.{{sfn|Dixon|1971|pp=127–129}}

After entering a truce with the Byzantines and overcoming internal dissent, Abd al-Malik returned his attention to Iraq.{{sfn|Gibb|1960b|p=76}} In 691, he besieged the Qaysite stronghold of [[Circesium|Qarqisiya]] in the Jazira. After failing to overpower them, he won over the Qays with concessions and promises of amnesty.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=84}}{{sfn|Dixon|1971|pp=92–93}} Reinforcing his troops with these formerly Zubayrid allies, he moved to defeat Mus'ab,{{sfn|Gibb|1960b|p=76}} whose position in Iraq had been weakened by a number of factors. The Kharijites had resumed their raids in Arabia, Iraq and Persia following the collapse of central authority as a result of the civil war. In eastern Iraq and Persia, a Kharijite faction, the [[Azariqa]], had captured Fars and Kirman from the Zubayrids in 685,{{sfn|Rotter|1982|p=84}} and continued raiding his domains.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=84}} The people of Kufa and Basra had also turned against him because of his massacres and repression of Mukhtar and Abd al-Malik's sympathizers.{{sfn|Lammens|Pellat|1993|pp=649–650}} As a result, Abd al-Malik was able to secure the defections of many Zubayrid loyalists. With a significant number of his forces and his most experienced commander [[Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra]] away to guard Basra from the Kharijites, Mus'ab was unable to effectively counter Abd al-Malik. He was defeated and killed at the [[Battle of Maskin]] in October 691.{{sfn|Gibb|1960b|p=76}}{{sfn|Lammens|Pellat|1993|pp=649–650}}

Having secured Iraq, and consequently most of its dependencies,{{NoteTag|The dependencies of Iraq constituted all of the northern and eastern provinces, including [[Arminiya]], [[Azerbaijan (Iran)|Adharbayjan]], [[Jibal]], [[Muslim conquest of Khuzestan|Khuzistan]], [[Khurasan]], [[Sijistan]], [[Pars (Sasanian province)|Fars]], and [[Kirman (Sasanian province)|Kirman]]. The latter two remained under Kharijite control for some time.{{sfn|Rotter|1982|pp=84–85}} }} Abd al-Malik sent his general [[Hajjaj ibn Yusuf]] against Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, who had been cornered in the Hejaz by another Kharijite faction led by [[Najdah ibn 'Amir|Najda]].{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=84}} Najda had established an independent state in [[Najd]] and [[Yamamah]] in 685,{{sfn|Rotter|1982|p=84}} captured [[History of Yemen#Advent of Islam and the three Dynasties|Yemen]] and [[Hadhramawt]] in 688 and occupied [[Ta'if]] in 689.{{sfn|Gibb|1960a|p=55}} Instead of heading directly to Mecca, Hajjaj established himself in Ta'if and bested the Zubayrids in several skirmishes. In the meantime, Syrian forces captured Medina from its Zubayrid governor, later marching to aid Hajjaj, who [[Siege of Mecca (692)|besieged Mecca]] in March 692. The siege lasted for six to seven months; the bulk of Ibn al-Zubayr's forces surrendered and he was killed fighting alongside his remaining partisans in October/November.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|pp=188–189}}{{sfn|Gibb|1960a|p=54}} With his death, the Hejaz came under Umayyad control, marking the end of the civil war.{{sfn|Donner|2010|p=188}} Soon afterwards, the Najda Kharijites were defeated by Hajjaj. The Azariqa and other Kharijite factions remained active in Iraq until their suppression in 696–699.{{sfn|Gibb|1960b|p=77}}

==Aftermath==
[[File:First Umayyad gold dinar, Caliph Abd al-Malik, 695 CE.jpg|thumb|First Umayyad gold [[dinar]] allegedly depicting Abd al-Malik|alt=Coin with protruded inscription in Arabic and a bearded man standing with sheathed sword, seen face-on]]
With the victory of Abd al-Malik, Umayyad authority was restored and hereditary rule in the caliphate was solidified. Abd al-Malik and his descendants, in two cases his nephews, ruled for another fifty-eight years, before being overthrown by the [[Abbasid Revolution]] in 750.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=85}}

===Administrative changes===
After winning the war, Abd al-Malik enacted significant administrative changes in the caliphate. Mu'awiya had ruled through personal connections with individuals loyal to him and did not rely on his relatives.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|p=137}} Although he had developed a highly trained army of Syrians, it was only deployed in raids against the Byzantines. Domestically he relied upon his diplomatic skills to enforce his will.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=72}} The ''ashraf'', rather than government officials, were the intermediaries between the provincial governors and the public.{{sfn|Crone|1980|p=31}} The military units in the provinces were derived from local tribes whose command also fell to the ''ashraf''.{{sfn|Crone|1980|p=31}} Provinces retained much of the tax revenue and forwarded a small portion to the caliph.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=72}}{{sfn|Crone|1980|pp=32–33}} The former administrative system of the conquered lands was left intact. Officials who had served under the [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian Persians]] or the Byzantines retained their positions. The native languages of the provinces continued to be used officially, and Byzantine and Sasanian coinage was used in the formerly Byzantine and Sasanian territories.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|pp=75–76}}

The defection of the ''ashraf'', like Dahhak and Ibn Khazim and various Iraqi nobles, to Ibn al-Zubayr during the civil war convinced Abd al-Malik that Mu'awiya's decentralized system was difficult to maintain. He thus set out to centralize his power.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=85}} A professional army was developed in Syria and was used to impose government authority in the provinces.{{sfn|Hawting|2000|p=62}} Moreover, key government positions were awarded to close relatives of the caliph. Abd al-Malik required the governors to forward the provincial surplus to the capital.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|pp=85–86}} In addition, Arabic was made the official language of the bureaucracy and a single Islamic currency replaced Byzantine and Sasanian coinage,{{sfn|Lewis|2002|p=78}} giving the Umayyad administration an increasingly Muslim character.{{sfn|Gibb|1960b|p=77}} He terminated the permanent pensions of the participants in the [[early Muslim conquests|early conquests]] and established a fixed salary for active servicemen.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=89}} Abd al-Malik's model was adopted by many Muslim governments that followed.{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=85}}

===Tribal rifts===
It was during this period, especially following the Battle of Marj Rahit, that the longstanding [[Qays–Yaman rivalry|Qays–Kalb split]] between the Arab tribes of Syria and the Jazira developed. It was paralleled in the division and rivalry between the Mudar, led by the Banu Tamim, and the [[Azd]]–Rabi'a alliance in Iraq and the eastern provinces. Together, these rivalries caused a realignment of tribal loyalties into two tribal confederations or "super-groups" across the caliphate: the "North Arab" or Qays/Mudar bloc, opposed by the "South Arabs" or Yemenis. These terms were political rather than strictly geographical, since the properly "northern" Rabi'a adhered to the "southern" Yemenis.{{sfn|Hawting|2000|pp=54–55}}{{sfn|Kennedy|2001|p=105}} The Umayyad caliphs tried to maintain a balance between the two groups, but their implacable rivalry became a fixture of the Arab world over the following decades. Even originally unaligned tribes were drawn to affiliate with one of the two super-groups. Their constant struggle for power and influence dominated the politics of the Umayyad caliphate, creating instability in the provinces, helping to foment the [[Third Fitna]] and contributing to the Umayyads' final fall at the hands of the [[Abbasids]].{{sfn|Kennedy|2001|pp=99–115}} The division persisted long after the Umayyads' fall; the historian [[Hugh N. Kennedy|Hugh Kennedy]] writes: "As late as the nineteenth century, battles were still being fought in Palestine between groups calling themselves Qays and Yaman".{{sfn|Kennedy|2001|p=92}}

===Sectarian and eschatological developments===
[[File:Ashura 2016 mourning in Imam Hossein Square, Tehran 02.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ashura]] procession in [[Tehran]]|alt=A crowd of mourning men in black clothing]]

The death of Husayn produced widespread outcry and helped crystallize opposition to Yazid into an anti-Umayyad movement based on Alid aspirations.{{sfn|Lewis|2002|p=68}} The Battle of Karbala contributed to the definitive break between what later became the [[Shi'a Islam|Shi'a]] and [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] denominations of Islam.{{sfn|Halm|1997|p=16}}{{sfn|Daftary|1990|p=50}} This event catalyzed the transformation of Shi'ism, which hitherto had been a political stance,{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=77}} into a religious phenomenon.{{sfn|Halm|1997|p=16}} To this day it is commemorated each year by Shi'a Muslims on the [[Day of Ashura]].{{sfn|Hawting|2000|p=50}} This period also saw the end of purely Arab Shi'ism in the revolt of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi,{{sfn|Daftary|1990|pp=51–52}} who mobilized the marginalized and socioeconomically exploited ''mawali'' by redressing their grievances. Before then, non-Arab Muslims had not played any significant political role.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1901|pp=79–80}}{{sfn|Hawting|2000|pp=51–52}}{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=83}} Despite its immediate political failure, Mukhtar's movement was survived by the [[Kaysanites]], a radical Shi'a sect, who introduced novel theological and [[eschatological]] concepts that influenced the later development of Shi'ism.{{sfn|Daftary|1990|pp=59–60}} The Abbasids exploited the underground network of Kaysanite propagandists during their revolution{{sfn|Daftary|1990|p=62}} and the most numerous among their supporters were Shi'a and non-Arabs.{{sfn|Wellhausen|1927|pp=504–506}}

The Second Fitna also gave rise to the idea of the Islamic Messiah, the [[Mahdi]].{{sfn|Arjomand|2016|p=34}} Mukhtar applied the title of Mahdi to Ali's son Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya.{{sfn|Arjomand|2016|p=34}} Although the title had previously been applied to Muhammad, Ali, Husayn, and others as an honorific, Mukhtar employed the term in a messianic sense: a divinely guided ruler, who would redeem Islam.{{sfn|Madelung|1986|p=1231}}{{sfn|Sachedina|1981|p=9}} Ibn al-Zubayr's rebellion was seen by many as an attempt to return to the pristine values of the early Islamic community. His revolt was welcomed by a number of parties that were unhappy with Umayyad rule.{{sfn|Hawting|2000|p=49}}{{sfn|Madelung|1971|p=1164}} To them, the defeat of Ibn al-Zubayr meant that all hope of restoring the old ideals of [[Islamic governance]] was lost.{{sfn|Madelung|1971|p=1164}} In this atmosphere, Ibn al-Zubayr's role as the anti-caliph shaped the later development of the concept of the Mahdi. Some aspects of his career were already formulated into [[hadith]]s ascribed to Muhammad during Ibn al-Zubayr's lifetime—quarrels over the caliphate after the death of a caliph (Mu'awiya I), escape of the Mahdi from Medina to Mecca, taking refuge in the Ka'aba, defeat of an army sent against him by a person whose maternal tribe is Banu Kalb (Yazid I), Mahdi's recognition by the righteous people of Syria and Iraq{{sfn|Abu Dawood|2008|pp=509–510}}—which then became characteristics of the Mahdi who was to appear in the future to restore the old glory of the Islamic community.{{sfn|Madelung|1986|p=1231}}{{sfn|Madelung|1981}}{{sfn|Arjomand|2007|pp=134–136}}{{sfn|Campbell|2009}} This idea subsequently developed into an established doctrine in Islam.{{sfn|Hawting|2000|p=52}}

== Notes ==
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