Aisha, Talha, and Zubayr march on Basra against Ali and are defeated at the Battle of the Camel, named for Aisha's camel at the fight's center; the battle opens the first fitna, the community's first civil war.
Tagged: Muslim Sunni Islam Twelver Shia Islam
The Event
- Date
- 656 (exact)
- Era
- Rashidun; Standard periodization of Islamic history
- Location
- Basra; today Basra, Iraq
- Traditions
- Islam
- Streams
- Twelver Shia Islam, Sunni Islam
- Key figures
- Ali ibn Abi Talib, Aisha
Primary Sources
- Al-Tabari, History
Secondary Sources
- Kennedy, The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates (Routledge, 3rd ed. 2016)
- Berkey, The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 (Cambridge, 2003)
Provenance: HIST-0211; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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