Major conflict657 CE
Battle of Siffin
Siffin · upper Euphrates · Syria
Estimated casualties
25K – 70Kestimated dead
Chronicles report figures such as ~45,000 Syrian and ~25,000 Iraqi dead; these are unverifiable medieval estimates and likely inflated.
SOURCEmedieval chronicles via Wikipedia
Fought in 657 on the banks of the Euphrates between Caliph Ali's Iraqi army and Mu'awiya's Syrian forces during the First Fitna, the indecisive battle ended in arbitration that weakened Ali and led toward the Umayyad Caliphate.
Belligerents2
- Caliph Ali (Rashidun Caliphate)
- Mu'awiya's Syrian forces
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Siffin
- Britannica: Battle of Siffin
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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