يحيى بن عبد الله بن حسن العلوي
يحيى بن عبد الله بن حسن العلوي
A Hasanid Alid slandered to al-Rashid by Abdallah ibn Mus'ab al-Zubayri, who died the day of their mutual imprecation 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview
Yahya ibn Abd Allah ibn Hasan al-Alawi, a Hasanid Alid. al-Suyuti reports that Abd Allah ibn Mus'ab al-Zubayri slandered him before al-Rashid, claiming that he had invited him to rise. Yahya challenged him to mubahala in the presence of al-Rashid, and al-Zubayri died on the same day. He is a party to the mubahala 2.
His death
al-Mas'udi reports that he went to the Daylam seeking protection, and the lord of the Daylam sold him to the agent of al-Rashid for a hundred thousand dirhams, and he was killed. It is also reported that he was thrown into a pool with starving beasts of prey, which held back from eating him, and then a corner was built over him of gypsum and stone while he was still alive 3.
Connections
- Participated in
- مباهلة يحيى العلوي وعبد الله بن مصعب
People and things also explored
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 460-461
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.460-461
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.330
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