Kharijites
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The Kharijites were an Islamic sect which emerged during the First Fitna. The first Kharijites were supporters of Ali who rebelled against his acceptance of arbitration talks to settle the conflict wi
Persian miniature, likely depicting Ali at the Battle of Siffin, created in Safavid Iran, dated 1516
The Battle of Nahrawan; an Ottoman miniature painting from 16th/17th century
A 1909 photograph of the Nahrawan Canal
Arab-Sasanian dirham of the Azariqa leader Qatari ibn al-Fuja'a, struck circa 694–695, with the Kharijite slogan la hukma illa li-llah on the obverse margin
Second Fitna
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The Second Fitna was the second civil war in the Islamic community during the early Umayyad Caliphate. It followed the death of the first Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I in 680 and lasted for about twelve y
Kharijites
…defeat at Nahrawan. After Mu'awiya established the Umayyad Caliphate in 661, his governors kept the Kharijites in check. The power vacuum caused by the Second Fitna (680–692) allowed for the resumption of the Kharijites' anti-government rebellion, and the Kharijite factions of the Azariqa and Najdat came to control…
Battle of Karbala depicted by Abbas Al-Musavi, late 19th century to early 20th century.
Sasanian-style dirham of Ibn al-Zubayr
First Umayyad gold dinar allegedly depicting Abd al-Malik