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Balakh ibn Uqba al-Azdi, a Kharijite of Yemen. He entered Mecca and Medina with Abu Hamza al-Mukhtar ibn Awf in 129 AH, calling for Abd Allah ibn Yahya al-Kindi. He was killed at Wadi al-Qura when he met the army of Marwan under Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Atiyya. 1
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 228-229
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