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- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
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Overview
Al-Burak ibn Abd Allah al-Tamimi, a Kharijite from the Banu Tamim. Al-Suyuti says he made a pact in Mecca with Ibn Muljam and Amr ibn Bakr to kill the three amirs on the night of the seventeenth of Ramadan 40 AH. 2
The strike
Al-Burak chose Mu'awiya, and struck him while he was prostrating and hit his buttock, but Mu'awiya did not die. 2
A difference in the name
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 295
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.295
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim)
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Burak ibn Abdallah al-Tamimi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-burak-ibn-abdallah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.