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Major conflict656 CE

Battle of the Camel

near Basra · Iraq

Estimated casualties

10K – 15Kestimated dead

Often-cited estimate of 10,000-15,000 dead, mostly on the rebel side; derived from medieval Arabic chronicles and not firmly verifiable.

SOURCEestimates cited via Wikipedia / Britannica

Fought outside Basra in December 656 during the First Fitna, Caliph Ali defeated the rebellion of Aisha, Talha and Zubayr; Talha and Zubayr were killed, marking the first major battle of the first Islamic civil war.

Belligerents2

  • Caliph Ali's partisans
  • Coalition of Aisha, Talha and Zubayr

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Battle of the Camel
  2. Britannica: Battle of the Camel
  3. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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