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ثورة المختار بن أبي عبيد بالكوفة

ثورة المختار بن أبي عبيد بالكوفة

65 AH

Kufa

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Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Kufa

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Overview

In 65 AH the Shi'a stirred in Kufa, as the book of Bakr on the Umayyad state relates. The movement was led by al-Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd al-Thaqafi. 1

Kufa

The book says that Ibn al-Zubayr sent al-Mukhtar to Kufa. He settled in one of its quarters, showed grief for the Talibiyyun, and urged vengeance for them, and the Shi'a inclined to him. He removed Abd Allah ibn Mut'i from the governor's palace and took control of Kufa. 2

Al-Khazir

In 66 AH Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar was in command of the cavalry of Iraq on behalf of al-Mukhtar. He met Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad at al-Khazir and killed him. 3

The book gives a report that al-Mukhtar's head was brought before Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr. 4

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Occurred at
Kufa
Had participant
al-Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd· Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar

People and things also explored

Mokhtarnameh· Great Mosque of Kufa· The Arabization of Iraq's Kharaj Diwan· وقعة الخازر· The Building of the Hashimite City at Kufa· The Jund Shahanshah's Conversion — the Hamra' Daylam· مقتل مسلم بن عقيل بالكوفة· Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Engraving on the Caliphal Seal

Sources

  1. الدولة الأموية — بكر محمد إبراهيم بكر (الطبعة الأولى، مركز الراية للنشر والإعلام، القاهرة 2002), p.206
  2. الدولة الأموية — بكر محمد إبراهيم بكر (الطبعة الأولى، مركز الراية للنشر والإعلام، القاهرة 2002), p.194
  3. الدولة الأموية — بكر محمد إبراهيم بكر (الطبعة الأولى، مركز الراية للنشر والإعلام، القاهرة 2002), p.209
  4. الدولة الأموية — بكر محمد إبراهيم بكر (الطبعة الأولى، مركز الراية للنشر والإعلام، القاهرة 2002), p.220
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islam.museum contributors. “ثورة المختار بن أبي عبيد بالكوفة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/mukhtar-revolt-kufa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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Davoud Mirbagheri's Iranian series on al-Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd's uprising in Kufa to avenge Karbala; members of the Prophet's family are depicted on screen per Shia convention.