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==The Beginning of the Battle== | ==The Beginning of the Battle== | ||
The two armies met in the border of [[Rome]] on the north of [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]]. [[Imam Ali (a)]] sent [[Malik al-Ashtar]] to the army of [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]] for talks before the war, emphasizing that Imam Ali (a) | The two armies met in the border of [[Rome]] on the north of [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]]. [[Imam Ali (a)]] sent [[Malik al-Ashtar]] to the army of [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]] for talks before the war, emphasizing that Imam Ali's (a) army should not start the war. When Malik al-Ashtar departed the camps, the army of [[Syria]] had already started the battle. However, after this attack, the army of Syria retreated. | ||
After some sporadic clashes, in the month of [[Muharram]], there was a ceasefire between the two parties of war. However, negotiations between Imam Ali (a)'s representatives and Mu'awiya continued. Mu'awiya suggested as his main condition for a compromise the execution of people who, in his view, were accomplices in the murder of [['Uthman b. 'Affan|'Uthman]], such as [['Ammar b. Yasir]], [['Adi b. Hatam]], and Malik al-Ashtar. | After some sporadic clashes, in the month of [[Muharram]], there was a ceasefire between the two parties of war. However, negotiations between Imam Ali (a)'s representatives and Mu'awiya continued. Mu'awiya suggested as his main condition for a compromise the execution of people who, in his view, were accomplices in the murder of [['Uthman b. 'Affan|'Uthman]], such as [['Ammar b. Yasir]], [['Adi b. Hatam]], and Malik al-Ashtar. | ||