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===End of the Rise=== | ===End of the Rise=== | ||
After eighteen months of rule and war with three groups, the [[Umayyads]] in [[ | After eighteen months of rule and war with three groups, the [[Umayyads]] in [[Syria]], the [[Zubayr Dynasty]] in [[Hijaz]], and the nobles of Kufa, al-Mukhtar was killed in the [[Ramadan 14]], [[67]]/[[April 6]], 687, at his 67, by [[Mus'ab b. al-Zubayr]]. On Mus'ab's command, al-Mukhtar's hands were cut off and nailed to the wall of [[Masjid al-Kufa]]. When [[Hajjaj b. Yusuf]] gained power over Kufa, he ordered the hands be buried. | ||
After al-Mukhtar's death, his followers, consisting of 6000 people who were encircled in the palace, surrendered. Mus'ab b. al-Zubayr ordered all of them be killed. The decision was so horrifying that when [['Abd Allah b. 'Umar]] saw Mus'ab, said: "Even if they were 6000 sheeps which belonged to your father, you shouldn't have done this." | After al-Mukhtar's death, his followers, consisting of 6000 people who were encircled in the palace, surrendered. Mus'ab b. al-Zubayr ordered all of them be killed. The decision was so horrifying that when [['Abd Allah b. 'Umar]] saw Mus'ab, said: "Even if they were 6000 sheeps which belonged to your father, you shouldn't have done this." | ||
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==Accusations== | ==Accusations== | ||
Al-Mukhtar ruled over [[Kufa]]. The [[Umayyads]] ruled in the North, in | Al-Mukhtar ruled over [[Kufa]]. The [[Umayyads]] ruled in the North, in Syria. To al-Mukhtar's south, in [[Hijaz]], the [[Zubayr dynasty]] ruled. Both groups considered themselves [[caliph]] and regarded al-Mukhtar someone who had separated a part of their land. Therefore, both groups put as much effort as they could to deny al-Mukhtar and compose false narrations against him. | ||
===Prophetic Proclamation=== | ===Prophetic Proclamation=== |