anti-caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr

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The anti-caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr was a rival Islamic polity centered in Mecca that challenged Umayyad authority during the Second Fitna in the late 7th century.

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Surface form Occurrences
Marwanid restoration of Umayyad power 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic polity
historical state
rival caliphate
basedOn Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
capital Mecca NERFINISHED
centeredIn Mecca NERFINISHED
claimedBy Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr NERFINISHED
claimedJurisdictionOver Muslim community
conflict Second Fitna NERFINISHED
currency early Islamic coinage
endedBy Umayyad reconquest of Mecca NERFINISHED
endedWith death of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
endTime 692
era Second Fitna NERFINISHED
establishedAfter death of Yazid I
governmentType caliphate
hadLegitimacyClaim descent from Abu Bakr through Asma bint Abi Bakr
support from many in the Hejaz
historicalPeriod late 7th century
historicalRegion early Islamic Middle East
language Arabic
leader Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr NERFINISHED
legitimacyContestedBy Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula
Hejaz NERFINISHED
namedAfter Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr NERFINISHED
notableEvent siege of Mecca (683) NERFINISHED
siege of Mecca (692) NERFINISHED
opposed Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED
opposedBy Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan NERFINISHED
Umayyad general al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf NERFINISHED
partOf Second Fitna NERFINISHED
precededBy Umayyad rule in Mecca NERFINISHED
religion Islam
rivalOf Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED
significance major rival to Umayyad authority during Second Fitna
startTime c. 683
succeededBy restored Umayyad control over Mecca
territoryIncluded Hejaz NERFINISHED
parts of Iraq
parts of the Arabian Peninsula
usedTitle Caliph

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Battle of Marj Rahit (684) associatedWith anti-caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
this entity surface form: Marwanid restoration of Umayyad power
Siege of Mecca (683) involves anti-caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr