Template:Did you know nominations/Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr

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The result was: promoted by Valereee (talk) 19:25, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr

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• ... that Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, the Zubayrid governor of Iraq during the Second Fitna (680–692), fought the Umayyad army at the Battle of Maskin almost alone? Source: Julius Wellhausen, The Arab Kingdom and its Fall (1927), p. 197: "Finally he was left almost alone on the field of battle, which strange situation itself makes the battle famous."

Improved to Good Article status by AhmadLX (talk). Self-nominated at 18:50, 17 February 2021 (UTC).

Interesting life, fine GA on good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. The hook is a bit on the detailed side, but I wouldn't know what to cut. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 3 March 2021 (UTC)