Polity Ansar and Quraush Tribes

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It was a faction in the Second Fitna (680-692). The Ansar and Quraysh of Medina took up the anti-Umayyad cause and in 683 expelled the Umayyads from the city.

Establishment

  • June 683: The Ansar and Quraysh of Medina took up the anti-Umayyad cause and in 683 expelled the Umayyads from the city.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • July 683: Yazid's Syrian troops routed the Medinese at the Battle of al-Harra and subsequently plundered Medina before besieging Ibn al-Zubayr in Mecca.