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THE ORIGINS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE

Ziyâd came, he ordered that he who sat in a place, could claim it so long as he occupied it."

According to Marwân, al-Mughîrah held the governorship of al-Kûfah twice: once for ʿUmar and another time for Muʿâwiyah.