Tawwabin uprising (Arabic: ثَوْرَة ٱلتَّوَّابِين, Thawrah at-Tawwābīn) or the penitents uprising refers to the uprising of a group of Kufan pro-Alids after...

first annual commemoration and the first pilgrimage may be attributed to Tawwabun, that is, those Kufans who regretted deserting Husayn in Karbala: They...

massacre. His efforts were bolstered by the defeat of the alternative Tawwabun rebellion in 684. Mukhtar eventually seized control of Kufa in 686 from...