The Banu Najiyah Revolt was a Kharijite uprising against the authority of the fourth Rashidun caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib led by Al-Khirrit ibn Rashid who was previously Ali's governor of Ahwaz. Khirrit gathered support from various factions that had refused to pay the Sadaqah tax and were generally opposed to Ali during the turmoil of the First Fitna.
The Banu Najiyah Revolt was a Kharijite uprising against the authority of the fourth Rashidun caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib led by Al-Khirrit ibn Rashid who was previously Ali's governor of Ahwaz. Khirrit gathered support from various factions that had refused to pay the Sadaqah tax and were generally opposed to Ali during the turmoil of the First Fitna.
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