Battle of Bassorah

Battle of the Camel
Part of the First Fitna
Ali and Aisha at the Battle of the Camel
Date 7 November 656 Location Basra, Iraq Result Rashidun Caliphate victory
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate Tribesmen of Kufa Banu Abdul Qays and Banu Bakr of Basra Tayy	Aisha's forces and Banu Umayya Quraysh of Mecca Sections of the Banu Tamim and Azd of Basra Banu 'Amir
Commanders and leaders
Ali ibn Abi Talib Malik al-Ashtar Hasan ibn Ali Ammar ibn Yasir Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr Muslim ibn Aqeel Harith ibn Rab'i Jabir ibn Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah Abu Ayyub al-Ansari Abu Qatada bin Rabyee Qays ibn Sa'd Qathm bin Abbas Abd Allah ibn Abbas Khuzaima ibn Thabit Jondab-e-Asadi	Aisha Talhah † Muhammad ibn Talha † Zubayr ibn al-Awam † Kaab ibn Sur † Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr Marwan I (POW) Waleed ibn Uqba (POW)
Strength
~20,000	~30,000
Casualties and losses
>400-500 ~5,000	>2,500 ~13,000

Rashidun Caliphate

Aisha's forces and Banu Umayya

>400-500

>2,500

The Battle of the Camel, sometimes called the Battle of Jamal or the Battle of Bassorah, took place at Basra, Iraq on 7 November 656. A'isha heard about the killing of Uthman (644-656), the third Caliph. At the time she was on a pilgrimage to Mecca. It was on this journey that she decided to go to Kufa to discuss with Ali what should be done to the murderers of Uthman. This battle is now known as the First Fitna, or Muslim civil war.

Talhah and Zubeir asked Ali for permission to make the pilgrimage. He granted it and they departed. The Medina people wanted to know Ali’s point of view about war against Muslims, by asking his view about Muawiyah I and his refusal to give Ali his allegiance. So they sent Ziyad Bin Hanzalah of Tamim who was set on getting the caliphate of Ali because Uthman had died and they wanted to "get to killers of Uthman". However, they went to Basra, and not Medina where the crime happened.

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