-
Caliphate had been
reconstituted under Marwan I in
Syria and Egypt,
while Zubayrid authority was
being challenged in Iraq and
Arabia by pro-Alid and Kharijite...
- of
Khazir in
August 686,
Mukhtar and his
supporters were
slain by the
Zubayrids in
April 687
following a
series of battles.
Under the
leadership of Abd...
- Husayn's killing. He took over Kufa in
October 685,
after expelling its
Zubayrid governor, and
later ordered the
execution of
those involved in the killing...
- from the Azd
tribe who
fought in the
service of the Rashidun,
Umayyad and
Zubayrid caliphs between the mid-640s and his death. He
served successive terms...
-
revolutionary Mukhtar al-Thaqafi
seized Kufa
after expelling its
Zubayrid governor. As a result,
Zubayrid authority in Iraq was
restricted to
Basra and its surroundings...
-
Bahdal of the Banu Kalb,
elected Marwan and
together they
defeated the pro-
Zubayrid Qays
tribes at the
Battle of Marj
Rahit in
August of that year. In the...
-
severely damaged by fire
during the
siege Belligerents Umayyad Caliphate Pro-
Zubayrid Meccans Commanders and
leaders Husayn ibn
Numayr al-Sakuni Abd
Allah ibn...
- the
Second Fitna, when it was held by
Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr and the
Zubayrids.[citation needed] The city was
twice besieged by the
Umayyads in 683 CE...
-
Qaysi tribes of the
Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) in 691. He then
conquered Zubayrid Iraq and
dispatched his general, al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, to
Mecca where he...
- Arminiya,
afterward defected to Mus'ab. In effect, all of Iraq came
under Zubayrid authority as a
result of Mus'ab's victory.
Madhar Harura Madhar was a town...
