The Siege of Mecca in September–November 683 is one of the early battles of the Second Islamic Civil War.

The city of Mecca serves as a sanctuary for Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr, who is among the most prominent challengers to the dynastic succession to the Caliphate by the Umayyad Yazid I.

After nearby Medina, the other holy city of Islam, also rebels against Yazid, the Umayyad ruler sends an army to subdue Arabia.

The Umayyad army defeats the Medinans and takes the city, but Mecca holds out in a month-long siege, during which the Kaaba is damaged by fire.

The siege ends when news comes of Yazid's sudden death.

The Umayyad commander, Husayn ibn Numayr, after vainly trying to induce Abdallah to return with him to Syria and be recognized as Caliph, departs with his forces.

Ibn al-Zubayr remains in Mecca throughout the civil war, but he is nevertheless soon acknowledged as Caliph across most of the Muslim world.

It is not until 692, that the Umayyads are able to send another army which again besieges and captures Mecca, ending the civil war.