Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

It is very rare that you will find a Kūfī but that he will be a Shīʿī. 1
Likewise he describes one of the Kūfīs with the following:
من عجائب الزمان:‏ كوفي ناصبي
From the oddities of time: A Kūfī Nāṣibī. 2
He also says the following regarding another person:
لون آخر،‏ كوفي ناصبي
Another colour, a Kūfī Nāṣibī. 3
In contrast, the people of Baṣrah were more inclined toward Ṭalḥah and
Zubayr L. Probably this was one of the many reasons why they headed
for Baṣrah when they embarked on their journey to Iraq. 4 However, after
the Battle of Jamal the matter had progressed from mere inclination
toward them to detraction from ʿAlī I, thereby yielding the opposition
between the two integral cities of Iraq.
Likewise what had further fuelled the detraction of the Baṣrīs from ʿAlī
I was the role their governors played in subduing the Iraqis in general
and demanding that they completely comply with the whims of the
Umayyads and their fantasies; 5 especially when the environment was
conducive for that as well.
1 Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 5/374.
2 Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 5/374
3 Mīzān al-Iʿtidāl 7/46.
4 Al-Kāmil fī al-Tārīkh 3/120.
5 Tārīkh al-Dawlah al-ʿArabiyyah: the Rāshidī and the Umayyad era: p. 171.
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