al-Mukhtar 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VII |
Dates | 660 (taq) / 687 (c) |
PmbZ No. | 5188 |
Variant Names | Mouchtar; Mwkt'r |
Religion | Muslim |
Ethnicity | Arab |
Locations | Kufa; Mada'in; Syria; Kufa; Persia; Kufa (residence); Persia (residence) |
Textual Sources | Bar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history); Chronicon Anonymi ad annum 1234 pertinens, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, I = CSCO 81-82 (Paris, 1916-20), II = CSCO 109 (Louvain, 1937) (chronicle); Tabari, al-, Ta'rikh al-rusul wa-l-muluk, ed. M.-J. de Goeje et al., 15 vols. (Leiden 1879-1901); Eng tr. The History of al-Tabari, general editor E. Yar-Shater, 39 vols. (New York, 1985-) (history); Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
Described as a liar and a self-styled prophet, al-Mukhtar 1 led a rebellion in Persia which is mentioned by Theophanes: Theoph. AM 6174 (Μουχτὰρ ὁ ψεύστης τυραννήσας ἐπικρατὴς γέγονε τῆς Περσίδος, ἀπεκάλει δὲ ἑαυτὸν προφήτην). In 683 or 684, after the death of the caliph Yezid 1, al-Mukhtar 1 (
In AH 40 (May 660-May 661) al-Mukhtar 1 was a young boy, in Mada'in where his paternal uncle Sa`d b. Mas`ud was governor: Tabari XVIII, p. 4. In AH 51 (January 671-January 672) he was in al-Kufah where he avoided a request from Ziyad to give testimony against Hujr (cf. Malik 3): Tabari XVIII. p. 143. After the death of the caliph Yazid 1 (in the year 994 Sel. = 683/684) he rebelled in the district of Kufah: Bar Hebr., p. 102.
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