Domain of Mukhtar: All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
Was a faction that opposed the Umayyads during the Second Fitna (680-692). In October 685, Mukhtar and his supporters, a significant number of whom consisted of local, non-Arab converts (mawali), overthrew Ibn al-Zubayr's governor and seized control of Kufa. His control extended to most of Iraq and parts of north-western Iran.
