Mujashi' ibn Wardan ibn 'Alqama
مجاشع بن وردان بن علقمة
The third accomplice posted at the mosque's door — Qatam bound their heads with silk from her i'tikaf lodge; he alone escaped when the blow fell 1.
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Mujashi' ibn Wardan ibn Alqama, the third of the Kharijites who were appointed to kill Ali, together with Ibn Muljam and Shabib ibn Bajra. Al-Mas'udi says that Qatam bound them with silk while she was in seclusion in the Great Mosque, and they sat at the gate of the sudda. When the blow fell, Mujashi' fled and saved himself. 1
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 702
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