Session 6 – Imam Hussain, al-Mukhtar and the Origins of Shi’a Representative Politics
Lecturer: Mohammad Sagha, Lecturer in the Modern Middle East, Harvard University (affiliation at the date recorded)
Duration: 3 Hours 38 Minutes
Date Recorded: July 2023
Subject: This lecture explores the complicated legacy of al-Mukhtar b. Abi Ubayd al-Thaqafi (d. 67 Hijri / 687 Common Era) and the aftermath of the uprising of Imam Hussain. It focuses on the politics of the city of Kufa, the Second Muslim Civil War (fitna) and the memory of Imam Ali still resonant in the city. The lecture explores the long impact of Mukhtar in Shia consciousness and the importance of the ideas of representative governance and the implications of walaya intrinsic to Shia thought and action.
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Sponsored by the Jaffer Family Foundation of New York in memory of Marhum Mustafa Jaffer.