al-Mukhtār ibn Abī ʿUbayd al-Thaqafī (born c. 622 ce, al-Ṭaʾif, Arabia [now in Saudi Arabia]—died March 687, Kūfah, Iraq) was a Shīʿite Muslim leader who in 686 championed the unenthusiastic Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah, a son of ʿAlī (the fourth caliph in Islam), as leader of the Islamic community in opposition to the Umayyad ... More @Wikipedia
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