Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr

Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr ( ; died 691) was an Arab military commander of the Second Fitna . He was a younger brother of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr and a son of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam , a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . After the establishment of the Mecca -based, counter-caliphate of his brother, he led an unsuccessful campaign against Umayyad -held Palestine . Later he served as governor of Basra from 686 to 691, with brief interruption. He killed the pro- Alid revolutionary Mukhtar al-Thaqafi in 687 and came to control the whole of Iraq. His policies in Iraq caused his removal from the office by his elder brother, but was restored shortly afterwards. He was killed by the Umayyad forces in the Battle of Maskin four years later.

Zubayrid governor of Basra from 686 to 691 Muṣʿab ibn al-Zubayr ( ; died October 691) was the governor of Basra in 686–691 for his brother, the Mecca -based counter-caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr , during the Second Fitna . Mus'ab was a son of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam , a prominent companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . Before becoming governor, he led an unsuccessful campaign against Umayyad -held Palestine . He defeated and killed the pro- Alid revolutionary Mukhtar al-Thaqafi after a series of battles in 687, gaining control over all of Iraq. Complaints from the Iraqis caused his removal from office by his brother, but he was restored shortly after. He was killed by Umayyad forces led by the caliph Abd al-Malik in the Battle of Maskin four years later.