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Battle of Siffin

657 battle of the First FitnaBelligerentsRashidun CaliphateUmayyadSyriaCommanders and leadersAli ibn Abi TalibHasan ibn AliHusayn ibn AliMuhammad ibn al-HanafiyyaMalik al-AshtarAl-Ash'ath ibn QaysAmmar ibn Yasir †Mu'awiya ibn Abi SufyanAmr ibn al-AsAbd al-Rahman ibn KhalidHabib ibn MaslamaAbu al-A'warAl-Dahhak ibn QaysUbayd Allah ibn Umar †Strength 100,000–150,000 men 130,000–150,000 menCasualties and losses 25,000 killed 45,000 killedThe Battle of Siffin (Arabic: معركة صفّين, romanized: Maʿraka Ṣiffīn) was fought in 657 CE (37 AH) between the forces of the fourth Rashidun caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib and the forces of the Umayyad governor of Syria, Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan.

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