Annals of the early Caliphate from the death of Mahomet to the Omeyyad and Abbaside dynasties A.H. XI-LXI (A.D. 632-680) from original sources

Note 553 — Chapter XLII · THE KHAREJITES, OR THEOCRATIC SEPARATISTS, DEFEATED AT NEHRWAN. A.H. XXXVII. A.D. 658.

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This is the meaning of the name: Khârejite, one who ‘goes forth,’ rebelling against the government with the demand for a theocracy.