Person

Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr

مصعب بن الزبير

Abu Abd Allah

d. 691 CE Quraysh

Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr governed Basra for the Zubayrids, defeated Mukhtar but was killed at the Battle of Maskin by Umayyads.

Significance

Zubayrid governor who fought Mukhtar and was defeated by Abd al-Malik

Reputation in tradition

mixed

Stated motivation

Support Zubayrid caliphate
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