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The revolt of Abu al-Saraya

خروج أبي السرايا

200 AH

Abu al-Saraya was the one who managed Ibn Tabataba's revolt in Kufa in 199 1. He then fled Kufa in Muharram 200 and was killed in Rabi' I of the same year 2 3. According to al-Mas'udi, he rose in 199 with Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Isma'il ibn Tabataba. Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Dawud rose in Medina, and 'Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ja'far and Zayd ibn Musa ibn Ja'far rose in Basra and took control of it. When Ibn Tabataba died, Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Zayd ibn 'Ali was set up in his place. Ibrahim ibn Musa ibn Ja'far appeared in Yemen, and in 200 Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Muhammad appeared in Mecca, and the Sababiyya were called to him 4

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Abu al-Saraya was in charge of organising the rising of Ibn Tabataba in Kufa in 199 AH. 1 He fled from Kufa in Muharram 200 AH, and was killed in Rabi al-Awwal of the same year. 2 3

Al-Mas'udi's account

Al-Mas'udi says that Abu al-Saraya rose in 199 AH with Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Isma'il ibn Tabataba. Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Dawud rose in Medina, and Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ja'far and Zayd ibn Musa ibn Ja'far in Basra. When Ibn Tabataba died, Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Zayd ibn Ali was put in his place. Ibrahim ibn Musa ibn Ja'far appeared in Yemen, and in Mecca in 200 AH Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Muhammad, and the Sabitiyya called to him. 4

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The date is marked as disputed in some of its details, and needs an additional source.

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.8 p.528
  2. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.8 p.534
  3. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.8 p.535
  4. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 419-420
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