From todays featured article Territorial control in the caliphate c. 686, during the Second Fitna Marwan I (c. 625 – 685) was the fourth Umayyad caliph, ruling for less than a year in 684–685. He was the secretary of his cousin Caliph Uthman (r. 644–656). During the rebel siege of Uthmans house, Marwan was wounded and the caliph was slain. Marwan considered Talha ibn Ubayd Allah, a ...
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