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Abu'l-Saraya, Zaydi rebel leader
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Abu'l-Saraya
9th-century rebel of Abbasid government
Abu'l-Sarāyā al-Sarī ibn Manṣūr al-Shaybānī was leader of a Zaydi revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate in Kufa and Iraq in 815. The revolt spread quickly across southern Iraq, and his agents even took over Mecca and Medina. At one point, the rebels threatened even Baghdad, but…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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