ثورة يزيد بن المهلب ويوم العقر
ثورة يزيد بن المهلب ويوم العقر
719~ · 100 AH
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
Yazid ibn al-Muhallab rose in 101 AH and came toward Basra, where its governor Ali ibn Artat had gathered its people and dug a trench around it. 1
Basra
Muhammad ibn al-Muhallab gathered men of his household and clients, came forward in a battalion and charged upon the people of Basra. Those who met him opened the way for him, until Yazid came to his house and people came in and out to him. He offered Ibn Artat a truce, which he did not accept, so Yazid fought him, Ali's men were routed, and Yazid took Basra. 1
The day of al-Aqr
Yazid marched to Wasit and then camped at al-Aqr. Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik came to al-Anbar and crossed the Euphrates. They lined up and fought; the men of Basra charged the men of Syria and routed them, then the men of Syria returned and routed them. Yazid and his son were killed, and Muhammad, his brother, too. Yazid's head was sent to the caliph Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik, and this was in Safar 102 AH. 1
The Gregorian date is derived.
Connections
- Had participant
- يزيد بن المهلب· Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik
People and things also explored
The Sibayn Reclamation and Maslama's Estates· The Taking of Hisn Kamkh· Hayyan's Treaty with the Ispahbadh· Qutayba's Conquest of Madinat al-Fil· Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik's Khazar Campaign and the Taking of al-Bab· Sa'id 'Hudhayfa' over Khurasan and Sawra's Defeat· حصار القسطنطينية في عهد سليمان بن عبد الملك· Waki' ibn Hassan's Nine Months over Khurasan
Sources
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari, part two (Maktabat Khayyat, Beirut), p. 110-112,124-125
- الدولة الأموية — بكر محمد إبراهيم بكر (الطبعة الأولى، مركز الراية للنشر والإعلام، القاهرة 2002)
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islam.museum contributors. “ثورة يزيد بن المهلب ويوم العقر”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/revolt-of-yazid-muhallab-101/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.