Third Fitna
| Third Fitna | ||||||||
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| Part of the Fitnas and the Qays–Yaman rivalry | ||||||||
The extent of the Umayyad Caliphate c. 740, before the Third Fitna | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
| Pro-Qays Umayyads | Pro-Yaman Umayyads |
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| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Al-Walid II † Marwan II Majzaʾa ibn al-Kawthar Yazid ibn Umar Nasr ibn Sayyar Hawthara ibn Suhayl |
Yazid III Sulayman ibn Hisham Yazid ibn Khalid al-Qasri Juday al-Kirmani X Hafs ibn al-Walid al-Hadrami |
Abd Allah ibn Mu'awiya Al-Dahhak ibn Qays † Talib al-Haqq † Abu Hamza al-Mukhtar † Abu Muslim al-Khurasani | ||||||
The Third Fitna (Arabic: الفتنة الثاﻟﺜـة, romanized: al-Fitna al-thālitha), was a series of civil wars and uprisings against the Umayyad Caliphate. It began with a revolt against al-Walid II in 744, and lasted until 747, when Marwan II emerged as the victor. The war exacerbated internal tensions, especially the Qays–Yaman rivalry, and the temporary collapse of Umayyad authority opened the way for Pro-Alid, Kharijite and other anti-Umayyad revolts. The last and most successful of these was the Abbasid Revolution, which began in Khurasan in 747, and ended with the overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate and the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750.