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Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr
Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr was a brother of the caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr and his governor of Iraq during the Second Fitna. Ruling from Basra, he defeated al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi at Kufa in 687. He was killed in 691 fighting the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik at Maskin, which returned Iraq to Umayyad rule.
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