Iran/Persia: The Battle of Siffin (May-July 657 CE). Miniature folio from a Tarikhnama (Book of History) by Abu Ali Bal'ami (-997 CE), early 14th century. The Battle of Siffin occurred during the First Fitna, or first Muslim civil war, with the main engagement taking place from July 26 to July 28. It was fought between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muawiyah I, on the banks of the Euphrates river, in what is now Ar-Raqqah, Syria. Following the controversial murder of Uthman ibn Affan, Ali had become Caliph but struggled to be accepted as such throughout the Muslim Empire.

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