'Abd Allah ibn Muti' al-'Adawi

عبد الله بن مطيع العدوي

The Medinan noble who commanded with Ibn Hanzala at the Harra, then governed Kufa for Ibn al-Zubayr until al-Mukhtar drove him from the citadel 1.

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Abd Allah ibn Muti' al-Adawi, one of the notables of the people of Medina. Al-Mas'udi says that he went out with Abd Allah ibn Hanzala al-Ghasil against Musrif ibn Uqba on the day of al-Harra. 2

Then Ibn al-Zubayr appointed him over Kufa, but al-Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd expelled him from the governor's palace and took control of the city. 3

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  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 67,71
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.67
  3. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.71
  • The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002)
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