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==Meaning of Harra and the Date of the Event== | ==Meaning of Harra and the Date of the Event== | ||
The word "harra" refers to black rocky terrains.<ref>Ḥamawī, ''Muʿjam al-buldān'', under the word "Harra".</ref> Since the uprising took place in rocky terrains East of Medina, called "Harra Waqim" or "Harra Zuhra" (attributed to Banu Zuhra, a Jewish tribe)<ref>Suhaylī, ''al-Rawḍ al-anf'', vol. 6, p. 255.</ref>, it was called the event of Harra. Most historical sources take the event to have occurred on the second day of [[Dhu l-Hijja]] or two or three days to the end of Dhu l-Hijja, [[63]]<ref>Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 185; Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 4, part 2, p. 41; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 494.</ref> ([[August 2]], or [[August 27]]-[[August 28|28]], | The word "harra" refers to black rocky terrains.<ref>Ḥamawī, ''Muʿjam al-buldān'', under the word "Harra".</ref> Since the uprising took place in rocky terrains East of Medina, called "Harra Waqim" or "Harra Zuhra" (attributed to Banu Zuhra, a Jewish tribe)<ref>Suhaylī, ''al-Rawḍ al-anf'', vol. 6, p. 255.</ref>, it was called the event of Harra. Most historical sources take the event to have occurred on the second day of [[Dhu l-Hijja]] or two or three days to the end of Dhu l-Hijja, [[63]]<ref>Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 185; Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 4, part 2, p. 41; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 494.</ref> ([[August 2]], or [[August 27]]-[[August 28|28]], 683), thus the accounts according to which it took place in [[62]]/683 are wrong.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 4, part 2, p. 42; Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 2, p. 251.</ref> | ||
==Causes of the Event== | ==Causes of the Event== | ||