At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
Summary
The effect of the revolt
The source describes al-Mansur as the first to sow discord between the Abbasids and the Alids, who had been one before it. It says he harmed scholars who had gone out with the two brothers or had been ordered to go out, by killing and beating them; among them were Abu Hanifa, Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja'far and Ibn Ajlan. 2
It is reported that Malik ibn Anas issued a ruling permitting the rising, saying that they had given the pledge under compulsion, and that there is no oath under compulsion. 2
The account of al-Mas'udi
In al-Mas'udi, al-Mansur consulted an elderly man of the Banu Uqayl, who advised him to reinforce Basra with men; Ibrahim then appeared there, as the man had said. al-Mansur sent Isa ibn Musa out from Kufa with four thousand horsemen and two thousand foot soldiers, and sent Muhammad ibn Qahtaba after him. 3
Muhammad was killed in Medina at the age of forty-five. When news of his brother's death reached Ibrahim while he was in Basra, Ibrahim climbed the pulpit and mourned him. 3
Connections
- Had participant
- محمد النفس الزكية· Ibrahim ibn Abdallah al-Hasani· Abu Ja'far al-Mansur· Isa ibn Musa
People and things also explored
Deposition of Isa ibn Musa from the succession· Ibrahim ibn Abdallah al-Hasani· محمد النفس الزكية· The Entry of Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil into al-Andalus· Beginning of the codification of knowledge· The Building of the Hashimite City at Kufa· Death of al-Mansur· The Fall of Qaliqala, 133, and its Rebuilding
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 424-425
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.424-425
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.284-285
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islam.museum contributors. “The uprising of Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya and his brother Ibrahim”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/nafs-al-zakiyya-revolt/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.