anti-caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr

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The anti-caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr was a rival Islamic polity centered in Mecca that challenged Umayyad authority during the Second Fitna in the late 7th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic polity ⓘ
historical state ⓘ
rival caliphate ⓘ
basedOn Sunni Islam ⓘ
capital Mecca ⓘ
centeredIn Mecca ⓘ
claimedBy Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
claimedJurisdictionOver Muslim community ⓘ
conflict Second Fitna ⓘ
currency early Islamic coinage ⓘ
endedBy Umayyad reconquest of Mecca ⓘ
endedWith death of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
endTime 692 ⓘ
era Second Fitna ⓘ
establishedAfter death of Yazid I ⓘ
governmentType caliphate ⓘ
hadLegitimacyClaim descent from Abu Bakr through Asma bint Abi Bakr ⓘ
support from many in the Hejaz ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 7th century ⓘ
historicalRegion early Islamic Middle East ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
leader Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
legitimacyContestedBy Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ
namedAfter Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
notableEvent siege of Mecca (683) ⓘ
siege of Mecca (692) ⓘ
opposed Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
opposedBy Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ
Umayyad general al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ
linked to: al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf
partOf Second Fitna ⓘ
precededBy Umayyad rule in Mecca ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
rivalOf Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
significance major rival to Umayyad authority during Second Fitna ⓘ
startTime c. 683 ⓘ
succeededBy restored Umayyad control over Mecca ⓘ
territoryIncluded Hejaz ⓘ
parts of Iraq ⓘ
parts of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
usedTitle Caliph ⓘ

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Siege of Mecca (683) → involves → anti-caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
Battle of Marj Rahit (684) → associatedWith → Marwanid restoration of Umayyad power ⓘ
linked to: anti-caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr