Third Fitna

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Islamic civil war civil war historical event

The Third Fitna was a late 8th-century Islamic civil war marked by intense internal conflict and rival claimants to the caliphate that contributed to the weakening and eventual downfall of the Umayyad dynasty.

Aliases (1)

Third Muslim Civil War ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic civil war → civil war → historical event →
alsoKnownAs	Third Muslim Civil War →
describedBySource	medieval Arabic chronicles → modern Islamic historiography →
endTime	750 →
followedBy	Abbasid Revolution →
follows	Second Fitna →
hasCause	opposition to Umayyad rule → succession disputes in the Umayyad Caliphate → tribal rivalries between Qays and Kalb factions →
hasEffect	downfall of the Umayyad dynasty in the East → massive casualties and devastation in Syria and Iraq → political fragmentation of the Caliphate → rise of the Abbasid Caliphate → transfer of the caliphal capital from Damascus to Kufa and then Baghdad under the Abbasids → weakening of central Umayyad authority →
hasMainParticipants	Abbasid movement → Arab tribal factions → Kharijites → Umayyad Caliphate → supporters of Marwan II → supporters of the Abbasid family →
location	Armenia → Iraq → Jazira → Khorasan → Syria → Umayyad Caliphate →
mainBelligerent	Abbasid revolutionary forces → Kharijite rebels → supporters of Marwan II →
partOf	Umayyad–Abbasid conflict →
religionInvolved	Islam →
significantEvent	Abbasid uprising in Khorasan → Battle of the Zab → accession of Marwan II → accession of Yazid III → brief reign of Ibrahim ibn al-Walid → capture of Damascus by Abbasid forces → flight and death of Marwan II → massacre of Umayyad family members → overthrow of Caliph al-Walid II → proclamation of Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah as caliph →
startTime	744 →
timePeriod	8th century →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Third Fitna ("Third Muslim Civil War") →	alsoKnownAs
Marwan II →	conflict
Second Fitna →	followedBy
Umayyad Caliphate →	notableEvent