Kaysanites

The Kaysanites (Arabic: كيسانية, romanizedKaysāniyya) were a Shi'i sect of Islam that formed from the followers of Al-Mukhtar. They traced Imamate from Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah and his descendants. The name Kaysaniyya was most likely derived from the name of Mukhtar's chief guard, Abu Amra Kaysan.[1]

  1. ^ Lalani 2000, p. 34