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They were divided roughly into the following four camps: ( r) Syria, the centre of the Umayyad government, and al-Basrah were openly and staunchly pro-Umayyad; (2) al-Kufah, which had been 'AlPs capital for the four troubled years of his caliphate, was capriciously pro-"Alied or pro-Hashimid ; (3) parts of al-Jazirah (the home of the two turbulent and treacherous tribes, the Bakrids and the Taghlibids) and al-Traq were the homes of the Khawarij who had deserted 'Ali duringthe battle ofSiffin (A.
They were very austere, and fought with fanatical fury for a long time during the Umayyad period to establish their own godly regime, They came from tribes deep-rooted in desert life (mostly of Tarnirn descents) and were great poets, orators and warriors.
His death in 63, was followed by Shiid risings in al-Traq and a terrible battle between the Marwanids (partisans of an Umayyad noble, Marwan, whose line ruled as caliphs after him) and the Zubayrids (the groups of the Qaysid and the Mudarid tribes which favoured 'Abdullah b.
69) who was not a professional poet, and who though, throughout his life, he lived at al-Basrah (where 'Uthmanian or anti-' Alid prejudices strongly prevailed), did not swerve from his faith in 'Ali and his House and continued to compose poetry to vindicate Ahlu'l Bayt's claim to the caliphate as will be seen from his following verses: -(View the image of this page) As against other political parties, the Khawarij were not sectarian or clannish in outlook.