Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar

Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar
إبراهيم بن الأشتر
Born642
Yemen, Arabia
DiedOctober 691
Dayr al-Jathaliq
AllegianceRashidun Caliphate (656–661)
Al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (685–687)
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (687–death)
Years of service657-691
Battles/wars
RelationsMalik al-Ashtar (father)
Nu'man (son)
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Nakha'i (half-brother)
Other workGovernor of Mosul (686–691)

Ibrahim ibn Malik al-Ashtar ibn al-Harith al-Nakha'i (Arabic: إبراهيم بن مالك الأشتر بن الحارث النخعي, romanizedIbrāhīm ibn Mālik al-Ashtar ibn al-Ḥārith al-Nakhaʿī; died October 691), better known as Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar (Arabic: إبراهيم بن الأشتر, romanizedIbrāhīm ibn al-Ashtar) was an Arab commander who fought in the service of Caliph Ali (r. 656–661) and later served the pro-Alid leader al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi. He led al-Mukhtar's forces to a decisive victory at the Battle of Khazir (686) against the Umayyads under Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, who was personally slain by Ibn al-Ashtar.


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