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The Rebellion of Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya in 145/762
ṬÄlibÄ«s and Early Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«s in Conflict
Series: - Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 118
Author:
This book presents a detailed in-depth study, primarily based on primary Arabic sources, of the background, history and the consequences of the rebellion of Muhammad b. ʿAbdallah b. al-Hasan b. al-Hasan b. ʿAli b. Abi Talib, better known as al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, in 145/762, during the reign of the Abbasid Caliph, Abu Jaʿfar al-Mansur. It focuses on the relations between the early Abbasid and the different Talibi-(Shiʿi) families - mainly the Hasanis and the Husaynis - and the internal struggles between these factions for the legitimacy of authority.
Amikam Elad, Ph.D. 1987, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor of Medieval Islamic History. He is particularly interested in the history of the early Abbasid Caliphate and the history of Syria and Palestine during the early Muslim period, with a special focus on Jerusalem. He is the author of numerous articles and Medieval Jerusalem and Islamic Worship, Holy Places, Ceremonies (Brill, 1995).
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Biographical Data of Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
1) Birth
2) Death
3) Mother
4) Siblings
5) The Residences of the Family
6) Wives and Children
7) Education
8) Physical Traits
9) The Image of Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh as Portrayed by the Sources
1) The Title al-Mahdī
2) The Title al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
3) âá¹¢Äḥib al-khÄlâ
4) ZaydÄ« ImÄm?
Chapter 2: Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh during the UmawÄ« and Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Periods
A) The Umawī Period
1) Traditions without Specific Dates and Names of Caliphs
2) Traditions with Dates and Names of Caliphs
3) The Period after al-WalÄ«d b. YazÄ«dâs Reign (126/743â744)
B) Upon the Accession of the Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«s to Rule
1) The Abū Salama Affair
2) The Affair of Yazīd b. ʿUmar b. Hubayra
3) Ê¿Abd al-JabbÄr b. Ê¿Abd al-RaḥmÄn al-AzdÄ«
C) The Caliphate of AbÅ« l-Ê¿AbbÄs al-SaffÄḥ (r. 132â136/749â754)
1) AbÅ« l-Ê¿AbbÄs and the Ê¿AlÄ«ds (mainly Ê¿AbdallÄh b. al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥasan b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib)
2) Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh during the Caliphate of al-SaffÄḥ
D) The Reign of al-Manṣūr (136â158/754â775)
E) The Pre-Rebellion Phase: Propaganda and Espionage Activities
1) The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Side
2) Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh's Intelligence Operations
Chapter 3: On the Eve of the Rebellion
A) Medina during the Early Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Caliphate
1) AbbÄsÄ« Policy towards the City
2) The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«s and the Governors of Medina
3) The Governors of Medina (136â145/754â762)
B) The Imprisonment of the Ḥasanīs and Their Death
1) The Imprisonment of Ê¿AbdallÄh b. al-Ḥasan and His Family in 140/758
2) The Imprisonment of the Ḥasanīs in 144/762
3) Conclusion
C) Propaganda and Followers of Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh in the Provinces
1) Egypt
2) Syria (al-ShÄm)
3) Al-Ê¿IrÄq (al-Baá¹£ra and al-KÅ«fa)
4) Al-Sind
Chapter 4: Revolt
Introduction
A) Entering the City and Taking Control
B) Supporters and Warriors in the First Stage of the Revolt: General Observations
1) The Size of the Army of Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
2) Muḥammadʼs Commanders
C) The First Actions: The Imprisonment of the Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Family in Medina
D) The Financial Sources of the Rebellion
E) Organizing Medina
1) Governors of Medina
2) The ḤijÄba
3) The Shurá¹a
4) The Judiciary (al-Qaá¸Äʾ)
5) DÄ«wÄn al-Ê¿Aá¹Äʾ
6) The Arsenal
7) The Flag-bearer
F) Appointing Governors in Arabia
1) Mecca
2) Yemen (al-Yaman)
3) Al-ṬÄʾif
4) Al-YamÄma
Chapter 5: The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Reactions
A) Al-Manṣūrâs First Response
B) The Correspondence Between al-Manṣūr and Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
1) The Text and its Transmission
2) The Text of the Three Letters Recorded by SibṠb. al-Jawzī
3) The Problem of Authenticity: The Question of the âFourth Letterâ
4) KitÄb al-Siyar of Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
5) The Letters according to Balʿamī (d. 974, or after 992?)
C) The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Army Headed by ʿĪsÄ b. MÅ«sÄ against Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
1) The ṬÄlibÄ«s in ʿĪsÄ b. MÅ«sÄâs Camp
2) The Advancement of ʿĪsÄâs Army until Reaching Medina
Chapter 6: The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Armyʼs Campaigns Against Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
A) The First Stages
1) Duel Combats
2) Assaulting and Bridging the Khandaq (Moat)
3) Taking Control of the Outskirts of Medina and Entering the City
B) The Campaign outside the City
C) The Last Battle and the Death of Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
D) The Site Where Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh Was Killed
1) AḥjÄr al-Zayt
3) Mashhad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya in the Market of Medina.
4) Bayt Rūmī (A Byzantine House [?])
5) GhanÄʾim Khashram
6) Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄhâs Burial Place
E) The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«sâ First Actions after the Suppression of the Revolt
1) Acts of Killing and Robbing by the Contingents of the Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Army
2) The Persecution of Members of the Ḥasanī Family and other Supporters of the Rebellion
3) Maritime Blockade
4) The Confiscation of BanÅ« l-Ḥasanâs and JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiqâs Estates
5) The Confiscation of JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiqâs Estate
Chapter 7: The Social, Ethnic, Political, and Religious Character of the Revolt
Part 1: Banū Quraysh
A) The ṬÄlibÄ«s
1) BanÅ« l-Ḥasan b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib (table I)
2) BanÅ« l-Ḥusayn b.Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib (table II)
3) BanÅ« JaÊ¿far b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib (table III)
4) BanÅ« Ê¿Umar b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib (table IV)
5) BanÅ« Ê¿AqÄ«l b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib (table IV)
B) BanÅ« Umayya al-Akbar b. Ê¿Abd Shams b. Ê¿Abd ManÄf b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table V)
C) BanÅ« Nawfal b. Ê¿Abd ManÄf b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table V)
D) BanÅ« l-Muá¹á¹alib b. Ê¿Abd ManÄf b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb ... b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table V)
E) BanÅ« Ê¿AdÄ« b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table VI)
F) BanÅ« Taym b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table VII)
G) BanÅ« MakhzÅ«m b. Yaqáºa b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table VIII)
H) BanÅ« Ê¿Ämir b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table IX)
I) BanÅ« Jumaḥ b. Ê¿Amr b. Huá¹£ayá¹£ b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table X). See also BanÅ« Kinda
J) BanÅ« HÄshim b. Ê¿Abd ManÄf b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table X)
K) BanÅ« Zuhra b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table XI)
Chapter 7
Part 2: BanÅ« Asad b. Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿UzzÄ b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾay b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table XII)
A) The Family of al-Zubayr b. al-Ê¿AwwÄm
1) The Family of Muṣʿab b. al-Zubayr b. al-Ê¿AwwÄm b. Khuwaylid b. Asad
2) The Family of Jaʿfar b. Muṣʿab b. al-Zubayr
3) The Family of KhÄlid b. al-Zubayr b. al-Ê¿AwwÄm
4) The Family of Ê¿AbdallÄh b. al-Zubayr
5) The Family of al-Mundhir b. al-Zubayr b. al-Ê¿AwwÄm
6) The Family of Ê¿Urwa b. al-Zubayr
B) The Family of Ê¿AbdallÄh b. KhÄlid b. ḤizÄm b. Khuwaylid b. Asad b. Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿UzzÄ b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb
C) Some Notes on the Zubayrīs in Early Islam
1) The political-social and especially the economic position of the Zubayrīs
2) The Relations between the ZubayrÄ«s and the ṬÄlibÄ«s
D) Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«s and ZubayrÄ«s
1) The Position and Roles of Members of the ZubayrÄ« Family in the Early Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« State
2) Marriage and relations between the ZubayrÄ«s and the Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«s
E) Transmissions of the Zubayrīs
Chapter 7
Part 3: The Tribal Support for/Opposition to Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
A) The Aná¹£Är
A.1) Banū Aws
A.2) Banū l-Khazraj
B) BanÅ« Juhayna (... b. al-ḤÄfÄ« b. Quá¸ÄÊ¿a)
C) BanÅ« Muzayna (... b. al-YÄs b. Muá¸ar)
D) BanÅ« Sulaym (... b. Qays Ê¿AylÄn b. Muá¸ar)
E) BanÅ« GhifÄr b. Mulayl (... b. KinÄna ... b. al-YÄs b. Muá¸ar)
F) BanÅ« Aslam (... b. MÄzin b. al-Azd)
G) BanÅ« AshjaÊ¿ (... b. Ghaá¹afÄn b. SaÊ¿d b. Qays Ê¿AylÄn b. Muá¸ar)
H) BanÅ« FazÄra (... b. Ghaá¹afÄn b. SaÊ¿d b. Qays Ê¿AylÄn b. Muá¸ar)
I) ThaqÄ«f (... b. HawÄzin ... b. Khá¹£afa b. Qays Ê¿AylÄn b. Muá¸ar)
J) BanÅ« Ê¿Ämir b. á¹¢aÊ¿á¹£aÊ¿a (... b. HawÄzin ... b. Khaá¹£afa b. Qays Ê¿AylÄn b. Muá¸ar)
K) BanÅ« BÄhila (mawÄlÄ«)
L) BanÅ« HawÄzin (... b. Khaá¹£afa b. Qays Ê¿AylÄn b. Muá¸ar) (mawlÄ)
M) Banū Kinda
N) BanÅ« Daws (al-Azd) (mawlÄ), or BanÅ« Layth (Quá¸ÄÊ¿a) (mawlÄ) or BanÅ« GhifÄr (mawlÄ)
O) Unidentified
Conclusions
Appendix 1: The Attitude of the Ê¿UlamÄʾ Towards the Rebellion
1) MÄlik b. Anas
2) HishÄm b. Ê¿Urwa b. al-Zubayr
3) SufyÄn b. SaÊ¿Ä«d b. MasrÅ«q (known as SufyÄn al-ThawrÄ«)
4) AbÅ« ḤanÄ«fa al-NuÊ¿mÄn b. ThÄbit
5) HÄrÅ«n b. SaÊ¿d al-Ê¿IjlÄ«
Appendix 2: Transmitters and Transmission of the Historical Events of the Revolt
A) Transmitters from the ṬÄlibÄ« Families
B) The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Family
C) Transmission from Contemporaries of the Rebellion: Eyewitnesses, Supporters, and Opponents of the Revolt
D) Ê¿Umar b. Shabba: Direct Transmitters
E) Some Remarks on the Transmission of AbÅ« l-Faraj al-Iá¹£fahÄnÄ« in MaqÄtil al-á¹ÄlibiyyÄ«n Regarding the Events Surrounding the Rebellion of Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
Appendix 3: The Struggle for Legitimization Between the ḤasanÄ«s and the ḤusaynÄ«s as Reflected Mainly in ImÄmÄ« Literature
A) The ḤusaynÄ«s and Other ṬÄlibÄ«/HÄshimÄ« Factions
A.1) JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq and Muḥammad Ibn al-Ḥanafiyya
A.2) ḤusaynÄ«s and JaÊ¿farÄ«s/ JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq and the JaÊ¿farÄ«s
B) The Ḥasanī and the Ḥusaynī Families: Animosity and Conflicts
1) Economic Reasons: Some Preliminary Remarks
2) The Exclusive Right of the ḤusaynÄ«s to the ImÄma: The Struggle between JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq and Ê¿AbdallÄh b. al-Ḥasan
C) The Symbols of Legitimacy of the ḤusaynÄ«s: The Inheritance of the Ê¿Ilm of the Prophet; Holy Relics of Ädam, Moses, Joseph, and (mainly) of the Prophet Muḥammad
1) The Prophetâs Weapons
2) Holy Relics of Ädam, Moses, Joseph, and (mainly) of the Prophet Muḥammad.
3) Historical note on al-Ê¿Ijliyya
D) ḤusaynÄ«s and ḤasanÄ«s: The Struggle between JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq and Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh b. al-Ḥasan
1) Historical traditions: The al-AbwÄʾ meeting, AbÅ« Salamaâs affair, and other events
2) The struggle according to ImÄmÄ« traditions
E) JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq during the Rebellion and his Attitude Towards it According to Mainly ImÄmÄ« Traditions
F) Did Jaʿfar Regard Himself, or was he Regarded by his Adherents, as the Mahdī?
G) JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq and the Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«s
H) The Treatise of Condolences from JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq to the ḤasanÄ«s
Map of Medina
Genealogical Charts
Quraysh
I) The ṬÄlibÄ«s: BanÅ« l-Ḥasan b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib
II) The ṬÄlibÄ«s: BanÅ« Ê¿AlÄ« b. al-Ḥusayn b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib
III) The ṬÄlibÄ«s: BanÅ« Ê¿AbdallÄh b. JaÊ¿far b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib
IV) The ṬÄlibÄ«s: BanÅ« Ê¿Umar b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib
V) 1) BanÅ« Umayya al-Akbar 2) BanÅ« Nawfal b. Ê¿Abd ManÄf 3) BanÅ« RabÄ«Ê¿a b. Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿UzzÄ b. Ê¿Abd Shams
VI) Banū ʿAdī
1) BanÅ« Ê¿AdÄ« b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy 2) BanÅ« Ê¿Uwayj b. Ê¿AdÄ«. a) BanÅ« Ê¿Umar b. al-Khaá¹á¹Äb b) BanÅ« IbrÄhÄ«m b. Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Muá¹Ä«Ê¿ c) BanÅ« Zayd b. al-Khaá¹á¹Äb
VII) Banū Taym b. Murra
VIII) Banū Makhzūm
IX) BanÅ« Ê¿Ämir b. Luʾayy
X) Banū Jumaḥ
XI) Banū Zuhra
XII) Quraysh: BanÅ« Asad b. Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿UzzÄ 1) BanÅ« l-Zubayr b. al-Ê¿AwwÄm 2) BanÅ« KhÄlid b. ḤizÄm
Bibliography
Introduction
Chapter 1: Biographical Data of Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
1) Birth
2) Death
3) Mother
4) Siblings
5) The Residences of the Family
6) Wives and Children
7) Education
8) Physical Traits
9) The Image of Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh as Portrayed by the Sources
1) The Title al-Mahdī
2) The Title al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
3) âá¹¢Äḥib al-khÄlâ
4) ZaydÄ« ImÄm?
Chapter 2: Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh during the UmawÄ« and Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Periods
A) The Umawī Period
1) Traditions without Specific Dates and Names of Caliphs
2) Traditions with Dates and Names of Caliphs
3) The Period after al-WalÄ«d b. YazÄ«dâs Reign (126/743â744)
B) Upon the Accession of the Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«s to Rule
1) The Abū Salama Affair
2) The Affair of Yazīd b. ʿUmar b. Hubayra
3) Ê¿Abd al-JabbÄr b. Ê¿Abd al-RaḥmÄn al-AzdÄ«
C) The Caliphate of AbÅ« l-Ê¿AbbÄs al-SaffÄḥ (r. 132â136/749â754)
1) AbÅ« l-Ê¿AbbÄs and the Ê¿AlÄ«ds (mainly Ê¿AbdallÄh b. al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥasan b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib)
2) Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh during the Caliphate of al-SaffÄḥ
D) The Reign of al-Manṣūr (136â158/754â775)
E) The Pre-Rebellion Phase: Propaganda and Espionage Activities
1) The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Side
2) Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh's Intelligence Operations
Chapter 3: On the Eve of the Rebellion
A) Medina during the Early Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Caliphate
1) AbbÄsÄ« Policy towards the City
2) The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«s and the Governors of Medina
3) The Governors of Medina (136â145/754â762)
B) The Imprisonment of the Ḥasanīs and Their Death
1) The Imprisonment of Ê¿AbdallÄh b. al-Ḥasan and His Family in 140/758
2) The Imprisonment of the Ḥasanīs in 144/762
3) Conclusion
C) Propaganda and Followers of Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh in the Provinces
1) Egypt
2) Syria (al-ShÄm)
3) Al-Ê¿IrÄq (al-Baá¹£ra and al-KÅ«fa)
4) Al-Sind
Chapter 4: Revolt
Introduction
A) Entering the City and Taking Control
B) Supporters and Warriors in the First Stage of the Revolt: General Observations
1) The Size of the Army of Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
2) Muḥammadʼs Commanders
C) The First Actions: The Imprisonment of the Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Family in Medina
D) The Financial Sources of the Rebellion
E) Organizing Medina
1) Governors of Medina
2) The ḤijÄba
3) The Shurá¹a
4) The Judiciary (al-Qaá¸Äʾ)
5) DÄ«wÄn al-Ê¿Aá¹Äʾ
6) The Arsenal
7) The Flag-bearer
F) Appointing Governors in Arabia
1) Mecca
2) Yemen (al-Yaman)
3) Al-ṬÄʾif
4) Al-YamÄma
Chapter 5: The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Reactions
A) Al-Manṣūrâs First Response
B) The Correspondence Between al-Manṣūr and Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
1) The Text and its Transmission
2) The Text of the Three Letters Recorded by SibṠb. al-Jawzī
3) The Problem of Authenticity: The Question of the âFourth Letterâ
4) KitÄb al-Siyar of Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
5) The Letters according to Balʿamī (d. 974, or after 992?)
C) The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Army Headed by ʿĪsÄ b. MÅ«sÄ against Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
1) The ṬÄlibÄ«s in ʿĪsÄ b. MÅ«sÄâs Camp
2) The Advancement of ʿĪsÄâs Army until Reaching Medina
Chapter 6: The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Armyʼs Campaigns Against Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
A) The First Stages
1) Duel Combats
2) Assaulting and Bridging the Khandaq (Moat)
3) Taking Control of the Outskirts of Medina and Entering the City
B) The Campaign outside the City
C) The Last Battle and the Death of Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
D) The Site Where Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh Was Killed
1) AḥjÄr al-Zayt
3) Mashhad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya in the Market of Medina.
4) Bayt Rūmī (A Byzantine House [?])
5) GhanÄʾim Khashram
6) Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄhâs Burial Place
E) The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«sâ First Actions after the Suppression of the Revolt
1) Acts of Killing and Robbing by the Contingents of the Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Army
2) The Persecution of Members of the Ḥasanī Family and other Supporters of the Rebellion
3) Maritime Blockade
4) The Confiscation of BanÅ« l-Ḥasanâs and JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiqâs Estates
5) The Confiscation of JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiqâs Estate
Chapter 7: The Social, Ethnic, Political, and Religious Character of the Revolt
Part 1: Banū Quraysh
A) The ṬÄlibÄ«s
1) BanÅ« l-Ḥasan b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib (table I)
2) BanÅ« l-Ḥusayn b.Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib (table II)
3) BanÅ« JaÊ¿far b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib (table III)
4) BanÅ« Ê¿Umar b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib (table IV)
5) BanÅ« Ê¿AqÄ«l b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib (table IV)
B) BanÅ« Umayya al-Akbar b. Ê¿Abd Shams b. Ê¿Abd ManÄf b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table V)
C) BanÅ« Nawfal b. Ê¿Abd ManÄf b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table V)
D) BanÅ« l-Muá¹á¹alib b. Ê¿Abd ManÄf b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb ... b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table V)
E) BanÅ« Ê¿AdÄ« b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table VI)
F) BanÅ« Taym b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table VII)
G) BanÅ« MakhzÅ«m b. Yaqáºa b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table VIII)
H) BanÅ« Ê¿Ämir b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table IX)
I) BanÅ« Jumaḥ b. Ê¿Amr b. Huá¹£ayá¹£ b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table X). See also BanÅ« Kinda
J) BanÅ« HÄshim b. Ê¿Abd ManÄf b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table X)
K) BanÅ« Zuhra b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy b. GhÄlib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table XI)
Chapter 7
Part 2: BanÅ« Asad b. Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿UzzÄ b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb b. Murra b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾay b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table XII)
A) The Family of al-Zubayr b. al-Ê¿AwwÄm
1) The Family of Muṣʿab b. al-Zubayr b. al-Ê¿AwwÄm b. Khuwaylid b. Asad
2) The Family of Jaʿfar b. Muṣʿab b. al-Zubayr
3) The Family of KhÄlid b. al-Zubayr b. al-Ê¿AwwÄm
4) The Family of Ê¿AbdallÄh b. al-Zubayr
5) The Family of al-Mundhir b. al-Zubayr b. al-Ê¿AwwÄm
6) The Family of Ê¿Urwa b. al-Zubayr
B) The Family of Ê¿AbdallÄh b. KhÄlid b. ḤizÄm b. Khuwaylid b. Asad b. Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿UzzÄ b. Quá¹£ayy b. KilÄb
C) Some Notes on the Zubayrīs in Early Islam
1) The political-social and especially the economic position of the Zubayrīs
2) The Relations between the ZubayrÄ«s and the ṬÄlibÄ«s
D) Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«s and ZubayrÄ«s
1) The Position and Roles of Members of the ZubayrÄ« Family in the Early Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« State
2) Marriage and relations between the ZubayrÄ«s and the Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«s
E) Transmissions of the Zubayrīs
Chapter 7
Part 3: The Tribal Support for/Opposition to Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh
A) The Aná¹£Är
A.1) Banū Aws
A.2) Banū l-Khazraj
B) BanÅ« Juhayna (... b. al-ḤÄfÄ« b. Quá¸ÄÊ¿a)
C) BanÅ« Muzayna (... b. al-YÄs b. Muá¸ar)
D) BanÅ« Sulaym (... b. Qays Ê¿AylÄn b. Muá¸ar)
E) BanÅ« GhifÄr b. Mulayl (... b. KinÄna ... b. al-YÄs b. Muá¸ar)
F) BanÅ« Aslam (... b. MÄzin b. al-Azd)
G) BanÅ« AshjaÊ¿ (... b. Ghaá¹afÄn b. SaÊ¿d b. Qays Ê¿AylÄn b. Muá¸ar)
H) BanÅ« FazÄra (... b. Ghaá¹afÄn b. SaÊ¿d b. Qays Ê¿AylÄn b. Muá¸ar)
I) ThaqÄ«f (... b. HawÄzin ... b. Khá¹£afa b. Qays Ê¿AylÄn b. Muá¸ar)
J) BanÅ« Ê¿Ämir b. á¹¢aÊ¿á¹£aÊ¿a (... b. HawÄzin ... b. Khaá¹£afa b. Qays Ê¿AylÄn b. Muá¸ar)
K) BanÅ« BÄhila (mawÄlÄ«)
L) BanÅ« HawÄzin (... b. Khaá¹£afa b. Qays Ê¿AylÄn b. Muá¸ar) (mawlÄ)
M) Banū Kinda
N) BanÅ« Daws (al-Azd) (mawlÄ), or BanÅ« Layth (Quá¸ÄÊ¿a) (mawlÄ) or BanÅ« GhifÄr (mawlÄ)
O) Unidentified
Conclusions
Appendix 1: The Attitude of the Ê¿UlamÄʾ Towards the Rebellion
1) MÄlik b. Anas
2) HishÄm b. Ê¿Urwa b. al-Zubayr
3) SufyÄn b. SaÊ¿Ä«d b. MasrÅ«q (known as SufyÄn al-ThawrÄ«)
4) AbÅ« ḤanÄ«fa al-NuÊ¿mÄn b. ThÄbit
5) HÄrÅ«n b. SaÊ¿d al-Ê¿IjlÄ«
Appendix 2: Transmitters and Transmission of the Historical Events of the Revolt
A) Transmitters from the ṬÄlibÄ« Families
B) The Ê¿AbbÄsÄ« Family
C) Transmission from Contemporaries of the Rebellion: Eyewitnesses, Supporters, and Opponents of the Revolt
D) Ê¿Umar b. Shabba: Direct Transmitters
E) Some Remarks on the Transmission of AbÅ« l-Faraj al-Iá¹£fahÄnÄ« in MaqÄtil al-á¹ÄlibiyyÄ«n Regarding the Events Surrounding the Rebellion of Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
Appendix 3: The Struggle for Legitimization Between the ḤasanÄ«s and the ḤusaynÄ«s as Reflected Mainly in ImÄmÄ« Literature
A) The ḤusaynÄ«s and Other ṬÄlibÄ«/HÄshimÄ« Factions
A.1) JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq and Muḥammad Ibn al-Ḥanafiyya
A.2) ḤusaynÄ«s and JaÊ¿farÄ«s/ JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq and the JaÊ¿farÄ«s
B) The Ḥasanī and the Ḥusaynī Families: Animosity and Conflicts
1) Economic Reasons: Some Preliminary Remarks
2) The Exclusive Right of the ḤusaynÄ«s to the ImÄma: The Struggle between JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq and Ê¿AbdallÄh b. al-Ḥasan
C) The Symbols of Legitimacy of the ḤusaynÄ«s: The Inheritance of the Ê¿Ilm of the Prophet; Holy Relics of Ädam, Moses, Joseph, and (mainly) of the Prophet Muḥammad
1) The Prophetâs Weapons
2) Holy Relics of Ädam, Moses, Joseph, and (mainly) of the Prophet Muḥammad.
3) Historical note on al-Ê¿Ijliyya
D) ḤusaynÄ«s and ḤasanÄ«s: The Struggle between JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq and Muḥammad b. Ê¿AbdallÄh b. al-Ḥasan
1) Historical traditions: The al-AbwÄʾ meeting, AbÅ« Salamaâs affair, and other events
2) The struggle according to ImÄmÄ« traditions
E) JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq during the Rebellion and his Attitude Towards it According to Mainly ImÄmÄ« Traditions
F) Did Jaʿfar Regard Himself, or was he Regarded by his Adherents, as the Mahdī?
G) JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq and the Ê¿AbbÄsÄ«s
H) The Treatise of Condolences from JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ädiq to the ḤasanÄ«s
Map of Medina
Genealogical Charts
Quraysh
I) The ṬÄlibÄ«s: BanÅ« l-Ḥasan b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib
II) The ṬÄlibÄ«s: BanÅ« Ê¿AlÄ« b. al-Ḥusayn b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib
III) The ṬÄlibÄ«s: BanÅ« Ê¿AbdallÄh b. JaÊ¿far b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib
IV) The ṬÄlibÄ«s: BanÅ« Ê¿Umar b. Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib
V) 1) BanÅ« Umayya al-Akbar 2) BanÅ« Nawfal b. Ê¿Abd ManÄf 3) BanÅ« RabÄ«Ê¿a b. Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿UzzÄ b. Ê¿Abd Shams
VI) Banū ʿAdī
1) BanÅ« Ê¿AdÄ« b. KaÊ¿b b. Luʾayy 2) BanÅ« Ê¿Uwayj b. Ê¿AdÄ«. a) BanÅ« Ê¿Umar b. al-Khaá¹á¹Äb b) BanÅ« IbrÄhÄ«m b. Ê¿AbdallÄh b. Muá¹Ä«Ê¿ c) BanÅ« Zayd b. al-Khaá¹á¹Äb
VII) Banū Taym b. Murra
VIII) Banū Makhzūm
IX) BanÅ« Ê¿Ämir b. Luʾayy
X) Banū Jumaḥ
XI) Banū Zuhra
XII) Quraysh: BanÅ« Asad b. Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿UzzÄ 1) BanÅ« l-Zubayr b. al-Ê¿AwwÄm 2) BanÅ« KhÄlid b. ḤizÄm
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