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A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh.
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Descendants of Hasan ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad
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Alids
Descendants of Ali, cousin of Muhammad
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Third Islamic caliphate
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Battle of Fakhkh
Battle in June 786 between the Abbasids and al-Husayn ibn Ali
The Battle of Fakhkh was fought on 11 June 786 between the forces of the Abbasid Caliphate and the supporters of a pro-Alid rebellion in Mecca under al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Abid, a descendant of Hasan ibn Ali.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)