Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Mukhtar al-Thaqafi/archive1

TFA blurb review
Any thoughts or edits? (I'm posting this one early because I'll be tied up with another project for almost a month, starting on the 13th. I don't know when this will be promoted at FAC.) - Dank (push to talk) 23:36, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (c. 622 – 3 April 687) was an early Islamic revolutionary based in Kufa who led an abortive rebellion against the Umayyads in revenge for Husayn ibn Ali's death at the Battle of Karbala. After a short-lived alliance with the rival caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr in Mecca, Mukhtar returned to Kufa and declared Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, a son of Ali, to be the Mahdi. Mukhtar took power in 685 by expelling the governor of Kufa. During his 18-month rule over Iraq, he executed people involved in the killing of Husayn. Hostile relations with Ibn al-Zubayr ultimately led to his death at the hands of the Zubayrid governor of Basra, Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, following a four-month siege. Mukhtar's followers formed a radical Shia sect; later called Kaysanites, they developed novel doctrines and played a significant role in the Abbasid Revolution. Mukhtar is a controversial figure among Muslims, revered by Shia but condemned by many others as a false prophet.


 * Hello Dank. Thanks for writing the blurb. Seems pretty cool overall. One thing I would like mention, however, is that his introduction of doctrine of Mahdi is missing from the blurb. No source misses to mention this ;) Thanks  AhmadLX  ( talk ) 16:14, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I added that, but we were right at the upper limit for the blurb, so I had to delete something, and I picked "calling for the establishment of an Alid caliphate" to delete. Thoughts? - Dank (push to talk) 16:55, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, thanks. Looks great. I just spotted one more thing. But its actually my own fault: " two-year rule" should be changed to "18 month rule" or something like that. In lead, it is written "almost two years". My fault. Will change that in lead too. Thanks.  AhmadLX  ( talk ) 17:08, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Done. - Dank (push to talk) 17:39, 7 March 2019 (UTC)