'Abd Allah ibn al-Kawwa' al-Yashkuri

عبد الله بن الكواء اليشكري

The Bakri whom the Hururiyya made their prayer-leader at Harura' — part of the secession Ali argued back into Kufa 1.

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Abd Allah ibn al-Kawwa al-Yashkuri, a man of Bakr ibn Wa'il. Al-Mas'udi says that the Harurites made him their leader in prayer when they withdrew to Harura, while Shabib ibn Rib'i was in command of their affair. 2

Ali debated with them, and they returned with him to Kufa. 2 No further details of him are available here; a second source is needed.

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  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 685
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.685
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