And the liar from the tribe of Thaqīf did in fact appear: he was al-Mukhtār ibn Abī ʿUbayd al-Thaqafī. He openly promoted Shiʿite partisanship and took up the cause of al-Ḥusayn, killing ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād and other members of the group responsible for al-Ḥusayn’s death. Thereafter he asserted that revelation was being sent to him, that messages were descending upon him—until it was said to Ibn ʿUmar