Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr

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Caliph Companion of the Prophet Early Islamic leader Military commander

Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr was a prominent early Islamic leader and military commander who declared himself caliph in Mecca during the Second Fitna, opposing the Umayyad Caliphate.

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Label	Occurrences
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr	13
Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr canonical	1
Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam	1
anti-caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr	1
ended with Abd al-Malik’s victory over Ibn al-Zubayr	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caliph ⓘ Companion of the Prophet ⓘ Early Islamic leader ⓘ Military commander ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Mecca ⓘ Medina ⓘ
birthDate	624 ⓘ
birthEvent	Born in Medina shortly after the Hijra ⓘ
birthPlace	Hejaz ⓘ Medina ⓘ
bodyTreatmentAfterDeath	Crucified in Mecca by Umayyad authorities ⓘ
capital	Mecca ⓘ
clan	Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma ⓘ surface form: Banu Asad
companionOf	Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad
deathCause	Killed in battle ⓘ
deathCircumstances	Killed during the siege of Mecca by Umayyad forces ⓘ
deathDate	692 ⓘ
deathPlace	Hejaz ⓘ Mecca ⓘ
era	Second Fitna ⓘ
father	Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ⓘ surface form: al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
fullName	Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
grandfather	Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ⓘ surface form: Abu Bakr
historicalPeriod	7th century ⓘ
knownFor	Courage in battle ⓘ Piety and asceticism in Islamic tradition ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
loyalty	Household of Muhammad ⓘ surface form: House of Abu Bakr
maternalGrandfather	Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ⓘ surface form: Abu Bakr
mother	Asma bint Abi Bakr ⓘ surface form: Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr
notableFor	Claiming the caliphate in Mecca ⓘ Opposition to the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ Role in the Second Fitna ⓘ
opponent	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ Yazid I ⓘ al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ
participatedIn	Early Muslim conquests ⓘ Second Fitna ⓘ
positionHeld	Caliph in Mecca ⓘ Rival caliph to the Umayyads ⓘ
regionRuled	Hejaz ⓘ Parts of Iraq ⓘ Parts of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
reignEnd	692 ⓘ
reignStart	c. 683 ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
siege	Siege of Mecca (692) ⓘ
tribe	Quraysh ⓘ