Tawwabin uprising

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The Tawwabin uprising was an early pro-Alid revolt by Kufan Muslims seeking to atone for failing to support Husayn ibn Ali at Karbala, culminating in their defeat at the Battle of Ayn al-Warda in 685.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tawwabin uprising canonical 1
revolt of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kufan revolt ⓘ
pro-Alid movement ⓘ
revolt ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
followedBy revolt of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi ⓘ
linked to: Tawwabin uprising
hasBattlefield Ayn al-Warda ⓘ
hasCause Battle of Karbala ⓘ
Kufans’ failure to support Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
killing of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
hasCommanderSide Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i ⓘ
hasEndTime 685 ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Second Fitna ⓘ
hasIdeology early Shi‘ism ⓘ
pro-Alid loyalty ⓘ
hasInitialRallyPoint Kufa ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Battle of Ayn al-Warda ⓘ
hasLeader Abd Allah ibn Sa‘d ibn Nufayl ⓘ
Abd Allah ibn Walin al-Taymi ⓘ
Rifa‘a ibn Shaddad al-Bajali ⓘ
Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i ⓘ
al-Musayyab ibn Najaba al-Fazari ⓘ
hasLegacy influenced later Shi‘i revolts ⓘ
strengthened Shi‘i martyrology ⓘ
hasLocation Ayn al-Warda ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Kufa ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
hasMotive atonement for abandoning Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
revenge for Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
support for the Alids ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Arabic word "tawwabin" meaning "penitents" ⓘ
hasObjective avenge Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
fight the killers of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
seek martyrdom as atonement ⓘ
hasOpposingCommander Husayn ibn Numayr ⓘ
Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad ⓘ
hasOutcome death of most Tawwabin leaders ⓘ
defeat of the Tawwabin ⓘ
failure to overthrow Umayyad rule ⓘ
hasParticipant Kufan Shi‘a ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia

pro-Alid Muslims ⓘ
hasResult Umayyad victory ⓘ
hasSize several thousand fighters ⓘ
hasStartTime c. 680 ⓘ
opposedBy Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Umayyad army of Ibn Ziyad ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad army
religion Islam ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Ayn al-Warda (685) → hasCause → Tawwabin uprising ⓘ
Tawwabin uprising → followedBy → revolt of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi ⓘ
linked to: Tawwabin uprising