Kharijite Rebellion (866–896)
The Kharijite Rebellion was a major Kharijite uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate between 866 and 896. Centered in the districts of Mosul and Diyar Rabi'a in the province of al-Jazira (upper Mesopotamia), the rebellion lasted for approximately thirty years, despite numerous attempts by both the central government and provincial authorities to quell it. It was finally defeated in 896 after the caliph al-Mu'tadid (r. 892–902) undertook several campaigns to restore caliphal authority in the region.
| Kharijite Rebellion (866–896) | |||||||
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Eastern al-Jazira and northern Iraq in the late ninth century | |||||||
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| Abbasid Caliphate | Kharijite rebels | ||||||
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Yarjukh Musa ibn Bugha Muflih Masrur al-Balkhi Al-Mu'tadid Al-Husayn ibn Hamdan |
Musawir ibn 'Abd al-Hamid al-Shari Harun ibn 'Abdallah al-Bajali (POW) Hamdan ibn Hamdun (POW) | ||||||
The uprising was initially led by a local Kharijite named Musawir ibn 'Abd al-Hamid al-Shari. Following Musawir's death in 877, he was eventually succeeded by Harun ibn 'Abdallah al-Bajali, who remained in command until the end of the rebellion.
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