Proto-Karaite Ali becomes Caliph except over Syria where Muawiya has seceded.
Uthman appointed Ali his successor when he died but the Bakr family tried to prevent Ali's Proto-Karaite family Ulu l-Amr from becoming Persia's rulers. Although Ali's ProtoUlu l-Karaite family Amr was not overthrown, western Quraysh under Muawiya seceded Syria from the Empire.
Quraysh and proto-Karaite Bakr family allies go to war against the Gnostic Noahite Eli in the Battle of the Camel.