Mu'awiya I's Southern Campaigns (658-661)

Ummayad Invasions of Southern Arabia
	; Map of the conflict
Date	658-661 (28 February)
Location	Arabian Peninsula
Result	Inconclusive Failure of Ummayads to subdue Basra; Alids recapture the fort of Tayma; Alid victory at the battle of battle of Kirkeesya; Ummayad attacks on Iraq replused; Alids launch minor attacks onto Syria; Most of Yemen sacked by Ummayads; Retreat of Ummayads from Hejaz and Yemen;
Belligerents
Ummayad Caliphate; • Uthmanids in Yemen	Rashidun Caliphate; • Banu Tamim; • Hamdan tribes
Commanders and leaders
Mu'awiya I; Yazid ibn Shajara; Numan bin Bashir; Abd al-Rahman ibn Qubath; Ma'n ibn Yazid al-Salami; Al-Hadhrami; Sufyan ibn Awf; Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri; Busr ibn Abi Artat; Abdallah Ibn Masad	Ali ibn Abi Talib; Al-Musayyib bin Najaba; Ziyad ibn Abihi; Ayan ibn Dahi'ah †; Ashras bin Hassan al Bakri †; Adi ibn Hatim; Kumayl ibn Ziyad; Hujr ibn Adi; Qutham ibn Abbas; Malik bin Ka'ab; Sa'id ibn Qays al-Hamdani; Abu Ayyub al-Ansari; al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba; Ubayd Allah ibn Abbas; Abu karib †; Amr ibn Araka al-Thaqafi †; Jariya ibn Qudama; Mujja'a ibn Murara †
Strength
17,700+	18,500+
Casualties and losses
70 troops in Basra; 19 troops in Samawa; High casualties in the siege of Tayma;	30 troops in the raid of Anbar; Execution of several Alid figures in Hejaz and Yemen; Massacre of Alid forces in Yemen;
	30,000+ civilans killed ( claimed )

The Mu'awiya I's Southern Campaigns were a series of raids and military expeditions of Mu'awiya I onto Hijaz, Yemen and other southern parts of the Arabian peninsula, after the failure of the arbitration talks after the Battle of Siffin. The campaigns against the Caliphate of Ali continued until the Assassination of Ali.