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According to the plans, the uprising was supposed to start on Thursday, Rabi' I 14, [[66]] ([[October 19]], 685),<ref>Ibn Miskawayh, ''Tajārib al-umam'', vol. 2, p. 147.</ref> but with the early conflict between Ibrahim and Ayas b. Mudarib, the commander of military forces in Kufa and the latter's murder, the uprising started two days earlier on Tuesday [[Rabi' I 12]], [[66 AH]] (October 17, 685). | According to the plans, the uprising was supposed to start on Thursday, Rabi' I 14, [[66]] ([[October 19]], [[685]]),<ref>Ibn Miskawayh, ''Tajārib al-umam'', vol. 2, p. 147.</ref> but with the early conflict between Ibrahim and Ayas b. Mudarib, the commander of military forces in Kufa and the latter's murder, the uprising started two days earlier on Tuesday [[Rabi' I 12]], [[66 AH]] (October 17, 685). | ||
Al-Mukhtar ordered 'Abd Allah b. Shaddad to commence the uprising with the slogan, "[[Ya Mansur, Amit]]" (O Victorious! Bring Death!).<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 6, p. 309.</ref> It was a slogan of [[the Prophet (s)]] in battles of [[Battle of Badr|Badr]]<ref>Maqrizī, ''Imṭāʿ al-asmāʾ'', vol. 1, p. 106.</ref> and [[Battle of Banu l-Mustaliq|Banu l-Mustaliq]].<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 2, p. 656.</ref> This slogan was a sign of later Shiite uprisings. It was also used later in the uprisings of [[Uprising of Zayd b. 'Ali| Zayd b. 'Ali]],<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 7, p. 183.</ref> [[Uprising of al-Nafs al-Zakiyya|Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya]], and [[Uprising of Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah|Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah]]. Al-Mukhtar also ordered [[Sufyan b. Layla]] and [[Qudama b. Malik]] to use the slogan, [[Ya la-Tharat al-Husayn]] (O the avengers of al-Husayn).<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 6, p. 390.</ref> | Al-Mukhtar ordered 'Abd Allah b. Shaddad to commence the uprising with the slogan, "[[Ya Mansur, Amit]]" (O Victorious! Bring Death!).<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 6, p. 309.</ref> It was a slogan of [[the Prophet (s)]] in battles of [[Battle of Badr|Badr]]<ref>Maqrizī, ''Imṭāʿ al-asmāʾ'', vol. 1, p. 106.</ref> and [[Battle of Banu l-Mustaliq|Banu l-Mustaliq]].<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 2, p. 656.</ref> This slogan was a sign of later Shiite uprisings. It was also used later in the uprisings of [[Uprising of Zayd b. 'Ali| Zayd b. 'Ali]],<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 7, p. 183.</ref> [[Uprising of al-Nafs al-Zakiyya|Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya]], and [[Uprising of Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah|Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah]]. Al-Mukhtar also ordered [[Sufyan b. Layla]] and [[Qudama b. Malik]] to use the slogan, [[Ya la-Tharat al-Husayn]] (O the avengers of al-Husayn).<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 6, p. 390.</ref> | ||