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In 60 AH the people of Kufa sent their messengers to Husayn ibn Ali while he was in Mecca, inviting him to come to them. He sent them his cousin Muslim ibn Aqil. 1
What is not covered here: the texts of the letters and the number of messengers, which need an additional source.
Sources
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.5 p.347
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002)
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islam.museum contributors. “Letters from the people of Kufa to al-Husayn”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/kufan-appeal-to-husayn/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.