Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/June 10, 2019

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Pinging Al Ameer son, AhmadLX: There were extensive changes to the lead after we did the blurb review at Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Mukhtar al-Thaqafi/archive1. So probably some of the blurb here should change, too, but I don't have any opinion on this. - Dank (push to talk) 21:07, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Dank: Thanks for reminding. Yes, you are right. I suggest something similar to the following. Please check for word-limit and grammatical errors. Thanks. AhmadLX-)¯\_(ツ)_/¯) 14:37, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (c. 622 – 3 April 687) was an early Islamic revolutionary based in Kufa who led a rebellion against the Umayyads during the Second Islamic Civil War and ruled over most of Iraq for eighteen months. Mukhtar had allied with the Mecca-based rival caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr following Husayn ibn Ali's death at the Battle of Karbala, but returned to Kufa after caliph Yazid's death. He declared Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, a son of Ali, to be the Mahdi, taking power in his name by expelling the governor of Kufa in 685. During his rule, 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.

That's about 40 characters too long, so I took out one sentence. Now it's about 60 under the max. Otherwise, it looks good, and I made the edit. - Dank (push to talk) 15:54, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]