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Kaysanites
The Kaysanites (Arabic: كيسانية, romanized: Kaysāniyya) were a Shi'i sect of Islam that formed from the followers of al-Mukhtar. They traced the Imamate from Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (a son of Ali) and his descendants. The name Kaysaniyya was most likely derived from the name of Mukhtar's chief guard, Abu Amra Kaysan.
The followers of al-Mukhtar who emerged from his movement (including all subsequent sub-sects which evolved from his movement) who firstly upheld the Imamate of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah and his descendants or any other designated successors were initially named the Mukhtariyya (after al-Mukhtar), but were soon more commonly referred to as the Kaysaniyya (i.e. Kaysanites).
The origin of the name Kaysaniyya has been explained variously. It may have been based on the epithet Kaysan, allegedly given to al-Mukhtar by Ali, or the name of a freed mawla (non-Arab Muslim convert) of Ali who was killed at the Battle of Siffin called Kaysan, from whom it is claimed al-Mukhtar acquired his ideas. Or it may be named after Abu Amra Kaysan, a prominent mawali and chief of al-Mukhtar's personal bodyguard. Others claim that either Ali or Ibn al-Hanafiya named al-Mukhtar Kaysan, because of his ingeniousness.[page needed]
The Kaysanites as a collective sect held the following common beliefs:
Furthermore, some Kaysanite sub-sects established their own unique beliefs, such as:
The Kaysanites pursued an activist anti-establishment policy against the Umayyads, aiming to transfer leadership of the Muslims to Alids and accounted for the allegiance of the bulk of the Shi'a populace (even overshadowing the Imamis) until shortly after the Abbasid revolution. Initially they broke away from the religiously moderate attitudes of the early Kufan Shi'a. Most of the Kaysanites support came from superficially Islamicized Mawalis in southern Iraq, Persia and elsewhere, as well as other supporters in Iraq, particularly in Kufa and Al-Mada'in (Ctesiphon).
Following the death of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, the bulk of the Kaysanites acknowledged the Imamate of Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (a.k.a. Abu Hashim, the eldest son of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, d. 98 AH / 716). This sub-sect (a.k.a. Hashimiyya, named after Abu Hashim), which comprised the majority of the Kaysanites was the earliest Shi'ite group whose teachings and revolutionary stance were disseminated in Persia, especially in Greater Khorasan, where it found adherents among the Mawalis and Arab settlers.
By the end of the Umayyad period the majority of the Hashimiyya, transferred their allegiance to the Abbasid family and they played an important role in the propaganda campaign that eventually led to the successful Abbasid revolution.
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Kaysanites
The Kaysanites (Arabic: كيسانية, romanized: Kaysāniyya) were a Shi'i sect of Islam that formed from the followers of al-Mukhtar. They traced the Imamate from Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (a son of Ali) and his descendants. The name Kaysaniyya was most likely derived from the name of Mukhtar's chief guard, Abu Amra Kaysan.
The followers of al-Mukhtar who emerged from his movement (including all subsequent sub-sects which evolved from his movement) who firstly upheld the Imamate of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah and his descendants or any other designated successors were initially named the Mukhtariyya (after al-Mukhtar), but were soon more commonly referred to as the Kaysaniyya (i.e. Kaysanites).
The origin of the name Kaysaniyya has been explained variously. It may have been based on the epithet Kaysan, allegedly given to al-Mukhtar by Ali, or the name of a freed mawla (non-Arab Muslim convert) of Ali who was killed at the Battle of Siffin called Kaysan, from whom it is claimed al-Mukhtar acquired his ideas. Or it may be named after Abu Amra Kaysan, a prominent mawali and chief of al-Mukhtar's personal bodyguard. Others claim that either Ali or Ibn al-Hanafiya named al-Mukhtar Kaysan, because of his ingeniousness.[page needed]
The Kaysanites as a collective sect held the following common beliefs:
Furthermore, some Kaysanite sub-sects established their own unique beliefs, such as:
The Kaysanites pursued an activist anti-establishment policy against the Umayyads, aiming to transfer leadership of the Muslims to Alids and accounted for the allegiance of the bulk of the Shi'a populace (even overshadowing the Imamis) until shortly after the Abbasid revolution. Initially they broke away from the religiously moderate attitudes of the early Kufan Shi'a. Most of the Kaysanites support came from superficially Islamicized Mawalis in southern Iraq, Persia and elsewhere, as well as other supporters in Iraq, particularly in Kufa and Al-Mada'in (Ctesiphon).
Following the death of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, the bulk of the Kaysanites acknowledged the Imamate of Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (a.k.a. Abu Hashim, the eldest son of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, d. 98 AH / 716). This sub-sect (a.k.a. Hashimiyya, named after Abu Hashim), which comprised the majority of the Kaysanites was the earliest Shi'ite group whose teachings and revolutionary stance were disseminated in Persia, especially in Greater Khorasan, where it found adherents among the Mawalis and Arab settlers.
By the end of the Umayyad period the majority of the Hashimiyya, transferred their allegiance to the Abbasid family and they played an important role in the propaganda campaign that eventually led to the successful Abbasid revolution.