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Ibn Muti had seven sons and four daughters from different wives and slave women: with his wife Rayta bint Abd Allah he had his sons, Ishaq and Ya'qub; with his wife Umm Abd al-Malik bint Abd Allah ibn Khalid he had his sons, Muhammad and Imran; with his wife Umm Hakim bint Abd Allah he had a
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to subdue the city. The Medinese were organized along factional lines and Ibn Muti was made commander of the Quraysh contingent. After the Syrians bested the Medinese, Ibn Muti and many of his Qurayshite fighters fled for Mecca where they were given safe haven by the Qurayshite leader
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daughter, Fatima, and with his fourth wife Bint Kharash ibn Umayya he had two daughters, Umm Salama and Umm Hisham. With his two slave women he had his sons, Ibrahim, Isma'il and Zakariyya and a daughter, Burayha. His grandson Abd al-Aziz ibn Ibrahim participated in the
485:(who fought alongside Ibn Muti against the Umayyads in Mecca), Ibn Muti attempted to summon al-Mukhtar. But al-Mukhtar delayed his appearance before the governor and secretly organized a coup against him by his Kufan partisans. 492:. Ibn al-Ashtar was instrumental in the fighting which ultimately forced Ibn Muti to withdraw from the city. Most of the fighting took place in the streets and alleys of Kufa, with the pro-Alid opponents of the governor led by 1017:
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After Yazid's death, Ibn al-Zubayr gained recognition as caliph in most of the provinces of the Caliphate except parts of Syria. He appointed Ibn Muti as governor of Kufa and its dependencies in April 685, replacing
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and Ibn al-Ashtar ultimately besting Ibn Muti's men and forcing him and a small coterie of supporters to barricade in the city's fortified palace. He was persuaded by his supporter, the Arab noble
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to warn the inhabitants of Medina in 682 not to rebel against the caliph's rule, Ibn Muti derided him. The people of Medina rose in revolt and Yazid dispatched his Syrian troops led by
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in return for giving al-Mukhtar their allegiance. In a different account of events, Ibn Muti departs Kufa after being granted 100,000 silver
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The Kufan Arab nobility largely supported Ibn Muti, but al-Mukhtar's forces were strengthened with the recruitment of the Kufan grandee
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with orders to severely punish seditious activities in the city. After Iyas raised suspicions of rebellion by the pro-Alid noble
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after the garrison commander of the city complained his troops were numerically insufficient to control its oft-rebellious
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on the outskirts of Kufa. Ibn Muti had attempted to depart Medina as well, but was persuaded by his distant relative
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called him "a brave man who has fallen many a time, and a valiant one, how he hates fleeing". Ibn Muti appointed
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as follows: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muṭīʿ ibn al-Aswad ibn Ḥāritha ibn Naḍla ibn ʿAwf ibn ʿAbīd ibn ʿAwīj ibn ʿAdī.
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where the Zubayrids remained in control. Ibn Muti returned in 689/90 to Mecca in the company of
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at the head of 4,000 soldiers from Medina to reinforce the Arab garrison in
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of Mecca where he could rally supporters from the Quraysh against Caliph
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Abd Allah ibn Muti was born during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet
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in August 685. He was a military commander against the Umayyads at the
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in 762/763 and was arrested, given lashes and released by the
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His paternal descent is traced back to the progenitor of the
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where sympathizers of his father called for him to claim the
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Umm Hisham bint Abi'l Khiyar Abd Yalil ibn Abd Manaf (mother)
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to remain in the city and not rebel against the caliph.
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from April 685 until his ouster by the pro-Alid leader
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Christian inhabitants. In 680, he issued a warning to
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After leaving Kufa, Ibn Muti established himself in
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Index

Governor
Kufa
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Khath'ami
Al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi
Mecca
Amr al-Ashdaq
Battle of al-Harra
Siege of Kufa
Siege of Mecca
Siege of Mecca

Qurayshi
Medina
Kufa
Umayyad
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi
battle of al-Harra
siege of Mecca
second siege of Mecca
Muhammad
Banu Adi
Quraysh
Mecca
Medina
Caliphate
Zayd ibn Thabit
Marwan ibn al-Hakam
al-Abwa

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