Zayd ibn Ali

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Zayd ibn Ali was an 8th-century Muslim scholar and revolutionary leader, grandson of Husayn ibn Ali, whose uprising against the Umayyads inspired the formation of the Zaydi Shia branch of Islam.

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Label Occurrences
Zayd ibn Ali canonical 12
Zayd ibn ʿAlī 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alid ⓘ
Islamic jurist ⓘ
Muslim scholar ⓘ
hadith transmitter ⓘ
martyr ⓘ
member of the Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
revolutionary leader ⓘ
activePeriod Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
ancestor Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
associatedWith Zaydi Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Zaydi Shia
associatedWork Majmuʿ al-Fiqh (attributed) ⓘ
Musnad Zayd (hadith collection attributed) ⓘ
burialPlace Kufa (secretly, according to reports) ⓘ
causeOfDeath killed in battle ⓘ
deathDate 740 CE ⓘ
deathPlace Kufa ⓘ
denomination Shia Islam ⓘ
era 8th century ⓘ
father Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin ⓘ
fullName Abu al-Husayn Zayd ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
givenName Zayd ⓘ
grandfather Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
greatGrandfather Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
greatGrandmother Fatimah bint Muhammad ⓘ
inspired formation of the Zaydi branch of Shia Islam ⓘ
knownFor being a descendant of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
scholarship in Islamic law and theology ⓘ
uprising against the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
ledUprisingAgainst Umayyad Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ⓘ
mother Jayda al-Sindiyya ⓘ
motiveForUprising seeking justice for Ahl al-Bayt and opposing Umayyad injustice ⓘ
notRegardedAsImamBy Ismaili Shia ⓘ
Twelver Shia ⓘ
opposed Umayyad political authority ⓘ
placeOfActivity Iraq ⓘ
Kufa ⓘ
regardedAsImamBy Zaydi Shia ⓘ
some early Mu‘tazili-influenced circles ⓘ
relatedTo Jaʿfar al-Sadiq ⓘ
linked to: Ja'far al-Sadiq
religion Islam ⓘ
schoolTradition Zaydi jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Zaydi fiqh
sibling Muhammad al-Baqir ⓘ
teacherOf some early Kufan scholars ⓘ
uprisingLocation Kufa ⓘ
uprisingYear 740 CE ⓘ
veneratedAs martyr for justice ⓘ
veneratedBy Zaydi Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Zaydi Shia
viewOnImamate imamate belongs to any qualified descendant of Hasan or Husayn who rises against tyranny ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zaydi Shia → namedAfter → Zayd ibn Ali ⓘ
Zaydi Shia → hasCentralFigure → Zayd ibn Ali ⓘ
Zaydi Shia → recognizesAsImam → Zayd ibn Ali ⓘ
Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin → child → Zayd ibn Ali ⓘ
Zaydi fiqh → basedOnTeachingsOf → Zayd ibn Ali ⓘ
Zaydi fiqh → namedAfter → Zayd ibn Ali ⓘ
Jarudiya → associatedWithPerson → Zayd ibn Ali ⓘ
Fatima bint al-Hasan → child → Zayd ibn Ali ⓘ
Jayda al-Sindiyya → child → Zayd ibn Ali ⓘ
Jayda al-Sindiyya → hasDescendant → Zayd ibn Ali ⓘ
Majmuʿ al-Fiqh (attributed) → attributedTo → Zayd ibn ʿAlī ⓘ
linked to: Zayd ibn Ali
Majmuʿ al-Fiqh (attributed) → associatedWith → Zayd ibn ʿAlī ⓘ
linked to: Zayd ibn Ali
Majmuʿ al-Fiqh (attributed) → traditionallyAscribedTo → Zayd ibn ʿAlī ⓘ
linked to: Zayd ibn Ali
Musnad Zayd → attributedTo → Zayd ibn Ali ⓘ
Musnad Zayd → namedAfter → Zayd ibn Ali ⓘ