The Tawwabin pressed on to Ayn al-Warda (identified with Ra’s al-Ayn)...

The Tawwabin pressed on to Ayn al-Warda (identified with Ra’s al-Ayn), where they met an Umayyad army of 20,000, under the command of Husain ibn Numayr. The battle started on 4 January 685 and lasted for three days.

They fought the Umayyad army bravely and this brave revolt and resistance against the Umayyad dynasty paved the ground for another Shiite uprising and revolt against both Umayyad and Zobairians by Mukhtar al-Saqafi who succeeded in killing all the murderers of Imam Husain (peace be upon) establishing a Shiite state which was a great historical incident in the history. Although the Tawwabin held the upper hand in the first skirmish, over the next two days the numerical superiority of the…