First Fitna

E192145

Islamic civil war civil war political conflict religious conflict

The First Fitna was the first major civil war in early Islamic history, marked by political and religious conflicts over the rightful caliph following the assassination of Uthman and during the caliphate of Ali.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
First Fitna canonical	19
Kharijite revolt against Ali	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic civil war ⓘ civil war ⓘ political conflict ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ
chronology	precedes Second Fitna ⓘ
conflictDuring	Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ surface form: caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib transition from Rashidun to Umayyad rule ⓘ
endedBy	accession of Muawiya I as sole caliph ⓘ recognition of Muawiya’s rule by many former opponents ⓘ
endTime	661 ⓘ
follows	assassination of Uthman ibn Affan ⓘ
hasCause	assassination of the third caliph Uthman ⓘ dispute over rightful caliph ⓘ tensions between supporters of Ali and supporters of Muawiya ⓘ unresolved grievances over governance and justice in the late Rashidun period ⓘ
hasLocation	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Hejaz ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Syria ⓘ
hasPart	Arbitration after the Battle of Siffin ⓘ Battle of Nahrawan ⓘ Battle of Siffin ⓘ Battle of the Camel ⓘ accession of Muawiya I as caliph ⓘ assassination of Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ emergence of the Kharijites ⓘ
historicalPeriod	7th century ⓘ
languageOfName	Arabic ⓘ
mainSubject	claims of Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan ⓘ justice for the murder of Uthman ⓘ legitimacy of Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ succession to the caliphate ⓘ
namedAfter	Arabic term "fitna" meaning trial or civil strife ⓘ
opponent	Aisha bint Abi Bakr ⓘ Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ⓘ surface form: Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ Muawiya I ⓘ surface form: Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan Talha ibn Ubayd Allah ⓘ
partOf	early Islamic history ⓘ
religiousContext	Islam ⓘ
result	consolidation of Muawiya I’s rule ⓘ deepening of political and sectarian divisions in the Muslim community ⓘ emergence of early Shi'a identity around Ali and his family ⓘ end of the Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ surface form: establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate rise of the Kharijite movement ⓘ
significantEvent	Aisha’s march to Basra ⓘ First Fitna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kharijite revolt against Ali arbitration between Ali’s and Muawiya’s representatives ⓘ assassination of Ali in Kufa in 661 ⓘ pledge of allegiance to Ali in Medina ⓘ raising of Qurans on lances at Siffin ⓘ
startTime	656 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
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Input

Subject: First Fitna
Description of subject: The First Fitna was the first major civil war in early Islamic history, marked by political and religious conflicts over the rightful caliph following the assassination of Uthman and during the caliphate of Ali.

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rashidun Caliphate → significantEvent → First Fitna ⓘ

Muawiya I → participatedIn → First Fitna ⓘ

Second Fitna → follows → First Fitna ⓘ

Kharijism → originatedDuringEvent → First Fitna ⓘ

Early Islamic period → significantEvent → First Fitna ⓘ

Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr → timePeriod → First Fitna ⓘ

Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr → participatedIn → First Fitna ⓘ

Battle of the Camel → conflictIn → First Fitna ⓘ

First Fitna → significantEvent → First Fitna self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kharijite revolt against Ali

Battle of Siffin → partOf → First Fitna ⓘ

Ubayd Allah ibn Abbas → era → First Fitna ⓘ

Islamic civil wars → hasComponentConflict → First Fitna ⓘ

Islamic civil wars → earliestMajorConflict → First Fitna ⓘ

Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas → avoidedParticipationIn → First Fitna ⓘ

Treaty of Hasan–Muawiya → follows → First Fitna ⓘ

Treaty of Hasan–Muawiya → concludesConflict → First Fitna ⓘ

Ibn Muljam → involvedIn → First Fitna ⓘ

Najdat → emergedAfterEvent → First Fitna ⓘ

Battle of Nahrawan → partOf → First Fitna ⓘ

Battle of Nahrawan → conflict → First Fitna ⓘ