يحيى بن زيد بن علي

يحيى بن زيد بن علي

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Yahya ibn Zayd was sought in Khurasan. Yusuf ibn Umar wrote to Nasr ibn Sayyar about his coming, and Nasr wrote to al-Hasan ibn Zayd to look into the matter 1 2. al-Tabari reports that he was killed in the year 125 AH 1.

al-Mas'udi's account

al-Mas'udi reports that he rose at al-Juzjan in Khurasan at the end of the year 125 AH, denouncing injustice. Nasr ibn Sayyar sent him Salm ibn Ahwaz al-Mazini, and he was killed by an arrow in his temple and crucified at al-Juzjan 3.

Then Abu Muslim took down his body and prayed over it. The people of Khurasan showed mourning for him for seven days, and no child was born but was named Yahya or Zayd. He often quoted the verses of al-Khansa' 3.

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.7 p.228
  2. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.7 p.229
  3. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 200
  • The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002)
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