the battle of Bakhamra
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Ibrahim ibn 'Abd Allah's stand at Bakhamra in the taff-land sixteen farsakhs from Kufa — dead with four hundred of his Zaydi followers 1.
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Overview
al-Mas'udi relates that the people of Basra, Fars and al-Ahwaz answered Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah, and he marched with armies of the Zaydis and a group of the Baghdadi Mu'tazilites. With him was Isa ibn Zayd ibn Ali. 2
The fighting
al-Mansur sent against him Isa ibn Musa and Sa'id ibn Salm. He fought until he was killed at Bakhamra, sixteen parasangs from Kufa. Four hundred of the Zaydis were killed with him, and it is said five hundred. 2
Di'bil al-Khuza'i mentions it in his well-known poem. 2
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Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 285-286
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.285-286
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