Al-Mubarqa

Abū Ḥarb al-Yamānī () or, according to Ya'qubi, Tamīm al-Lak̲h̲mī (), better known by his laqab of al-Mubarqaʿ (), was the leader of a rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate in Palestine in 841/42.

==Revolt== According to al-Tabari, who preserves the fullest account of the events, the uprising began when a soldier wanted to billet himself in Abu Harb's house during his absence. Abu Harb's wife or sister refused him entry, and the soldier struck her with his whip. When Abu Harb returned and was told what had transpired, he took his sword and killed the soldier. This act made him an outlaw, and Abu Harb fled to the mountains of Jordan. According to al-Tabari, he used a veil (burquʿ) to hide his face so that he would not be recognized, and thus he acquired his sobriquet of "the Veiled One". This sobriquet had a history of being used by leaders of revolts in the Islamic world, from al-Aswad in Muhammad's time to al-Muqanna in the 780s and the leader of the Zanj Rebellion, Ali ibn Muhammad, later in the 9th century.