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Zubayrid Caliphate

الخلافة الزبيرية

683 CE · 63 AH† – 692 CE · 73 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

A rival caliphate led by Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr from Mecca, 683–692 CE; at its height it held the Hijaz, Iraq, Egypt and Khurasan against the Umayyads.

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The Umayyad Period
Region
Arabia

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The Umayyad Period

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Under the rule of
'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr

People and things also explored

Killing of Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr· Ibn al-Zubayr's rebuilding of the Ka'ba· Siege of Ibn al-Zubayr in Mecca· Siege of Mecca· Siege of Mecca· Uthman's standardization of the mushaf· The Battle of al-Harra· Muwatta 1659

Sources

  • Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition)
  • Madelung, The Succession to Muhammad (1997)
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Killing of Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr

Abd al-Malik sent al-Hajjaj with forty thousand against Ibn al-Zubayr; he besieged him in Mecca for months and cast mangonels at him until his men deserted to al-Hajjaj, who took and killed him and crucified the body — Tuesday, 17 Jumada I or II of year 73. Muhammad ibn Zayd ibn Abdullah ibn Umar was atop Abu Qubays when the mangonel was planted and saw a lightning bolt like a red veil burn some fifty of its crew. Ibn al-Zubayr had been praying within the Hijr while mangonel stones clipped the edge of his garment and he never turned.