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Battle of Jamal

Battle of the Camel
Part of the First Fitna
Ali and Aisha at the Battle of the Camel.jpg
Ali and Aisha at the Battle of the Camel
Date 7 November 656
Location Basra, Iraq
Result Rashidun Caliphate victory
Belligerents

Imamah Flag.png Rashidun Caliphate

Black flag.svg Aisha's forces and Black flag.svg Banu Umayya

Commanders and leaders
Imamah Flag.png Ali ibn Abi Talib
Imamah Flag.png Malik al-Ashtar
Imamah Flag.png Hasan ibn Ali
Imamah Flag.png Ammar ibn Yasir
Imamah Flag.png Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr
Imamah Flag.png Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr
Imamah Flag.pngMuslim ibn Aqeel
Imamah Flag.png Harith ibn Rab'i
Imamah Flag.png Jabir ibn Abd-Allah
Imamah Flag.png Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Imamah Flag.png Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
Imamah Flag.png Abu Qatada bin Rabyee
Imamah Flag.png Qays ibn Sa'd
Imamah Flag.png Qathm bin Abbas
Imamah Flag.png Abd Allah ibn Abbas
Imamah Flag.png Khuzaima ibn Thabit
Imamah Flag.png Jondab-e-Asadi
Black flag.svg Aisha
Black flag.svg Talhah 
Black flag.svg Muhammad ibn Talha 
Black flag.svg Zubayr ibn al-Awam 
Black flag.svg Kaab ibn Sur 
Black flag.svg Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
Black flag.svg Marwan I (POW)
Black flag.svg Waleed ibn Uqba (POW)
Strength
~20,000 ~30,000
Casualties and losses

>400-500

~5,000

>2,500

~13,000

Imamah Flag.png Rashidun Caliphate

Black flag.svg Aisha's forces and Black flag.svg 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 became so angered by his unavenged death, and the naming of Ali as the fourth caliph, that she took up arms against those supporting Ali. She gained support of the big city of Basra and, for the first time, Muslims took up arms against each other. 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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