Battle of the Second Fitna (680s-690s). It was fought in mid-October 691 near present-day Baghdad. It took place in October 691 CE in what is now Iraq. The setting was Dayr al-Jathaliq. It was part of Second Fitna. Those involved included the Umayyad Caliphate and the Zubayrid Caliphate.
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- 7th centuryOrigins of chaturanga
- 701 CETaihō Code
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