'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
عبد الله بن الزبير
al-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam and Asma' bint Abi Bakr's son — the Meccan counter-caliph of the second fitna, besieged by al-Hajjaj for fifty nights in 72; his minbar elegy for Mus'ab: 'we die not in our beds like the family of Abu'l-'As but pierced by spears beneath the swords' shade' 1.
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موجز
هو ابن الزبير بن العوام وأسماء بنت أبي بكر. بايعه أهل مكة والعراق خليفة، وخاض فتنة الحرة وبناء الكعبة. 1
حصار مكة
خطبته بعد مقتل مصعب
Connections
- Participated in
- Uthman's standardization of the mushaf
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 1659· Muwatta 1719· Muwatta 2126
People and things also explored
Muwatta, Book of Divorce (talaq)· The shahada· Bukhari 4987 — Uthman's standard copies· Muwatta, Book of Judgements (aqdiya)· Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· Abu Hurayra
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 104-105
- محمد قباني، الدولة الأموية من الميلاد إلى السقوط (دمشق، دار وحي القلم، 2006)
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition)
- Lectures on the History of the Islamic Peoples: The Umayyad State — al-Khudari
- الدولة الأموية — بكر محمد إبراهيم بكر (الطبعة الأولى، مركز الراية للنشر والإعلام، القاهرة 2002)
- Sahih al-Bukhari
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