Siege of Mecca (692)

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battle event in early Islamic history siege

The Siege of Mecca in 692 was the decisive Umayyad assault on the holy city that crushed Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr’s rival caliphate and effectively ended the Second Fitna in early Islamic history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Mecca (692) canonical	2
Umayyad reconquest of Mecca	1
siege of Mecca against Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event in early Islamic history ⓘ siege ⓘ
aftermath	firm establishment of Umayyad control over the Islamic empire ⓘ suppression of remaining Zubayrid resistance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	second Umayyad siege of Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr NERFINISHED ⓘ Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr’s caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	7th-century conflicts ⓘ Battles involving the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ Civil wars in the Islamic world ⓘ History of Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	Umayyad attempt to crush the rival caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
combatant	Hejaz-based forces loyal to Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ Syrian troops loyal to Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ
commander	Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Second Fitna NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	damage to the Kaaba ⓘ reconstruction of the Kaaba under Abd al-Malik ⓘ
date	692 ⓘ
foughtBetween	supporters of the Umayyad Caliphate and supporters of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
historicalContext	struggle over the caliphate following the death of Muawiya I and Yazid I ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early Umayyad period ⓘ
location	Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableDeath	Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr NERFINISHED ⓘ
orderedBy	Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Second Fitna NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	earlier siege of Mecca (683) by Umayyad forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousSignificance	took place in Islam’s holiest city ⓘ
result	Umayyad victory ⓘ defeat and death of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ effective end of the Second Fitna ⓘ end of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr’s rival caliphate ⓘ reunification of the Caliphate under the Umayyads ⓘ
target	Kaaba NERFINISHED ⓘ holy city of Mecca ⓘ
usedWeapon	mangonels ⓘ stone-throwing catapults ⓘ

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

Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr → siege → Siege of Mecca (692) ⓘ

Battle of Maskin (691) → followedBy → Siege of Mecca (692) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad reconquest of Mecca

Battle of Maskin (691) → relatedEvent → Siege of Mecca (692) ⓘ

al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf → commanded → Siege of Mecca (692) ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of Mecca against Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr