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Siffin, Battle of The

Years: 657 - 657

The Battle of Siffin (May–July 657 CE) occurs during the First Fitna, or first Muslim civil war, with the main engagement taking place from July 26 to July 28.

It is fought between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muawiyah I, on the banks of the Euphrates river, in what is now Ar-Raqqah, Syria.

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