Zubayrid regime in Mecca

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The Zubayrid regime in Mecca was the rival caliphal authority established by Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr during the Second Fitna, challenging Umayyad rule from its base in the holy city.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical polity ⓘ
political regime ⓘ
rival caliphal regime ⓘ
basedOn Arab tribal support ⓘ
religious legitimacy from control of Mecca ⓘ
capital Mecca ⓘ
center Mecca ⓘ
chronologyNote collapsed during reign of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ
emerged after death of Yazid I ⓘ
claimedCaliphate Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
claimedTitle Caliph ⓘ
conflict Second Fitna civil war ⓘ
linked to: Second Fitna
controlled Mecca ⓘ
Medina (for part of its existence) ⓘ
linked to: Medina (historical)

parts of Iraq (through Zubayrid governors) ⓘ
parts of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
parts of the eastern provinces (for some time) ⓘ
endedBy Umayyad siege of Mecca ⓘ
defeat and death of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
endTime 692 ⓘ
enemy Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ
al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ
followedBy consolidated Umayyad Caliphate under Abd al-Malik ⓘ
foundedBy Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
governmentType Caliphate ⓘ
hadRivalClaimant Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ
Marwan I ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second Fitna ⓘ
ideology early Islamic piety and opposition to perceived Umayyad impiety ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
leader Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
legitimacyClaim descent from Abu Bakr through Asma bint Abi Bakr ⓘ
support from many in the Hijaz ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ
present-day Saudi Arabia ⓘ
notableEvent siege of Mecca in 692 ⓘ
use of the Kaaba as a symbol of legitimacy ⓘ
opposedPracticeOf hereditary succession as practiced by Umayyads ⓘ
opposedTo Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
partOf Second Fitna ⓘ
precededBy Rashidun Caliphate (as ideal model) ⓘ
linked to: Rashidun Caliphate
religion Islam ⓘ
resultedIn reassertion of Umayyad control over the Hijaz ⓘ
rivalOf Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
significance example of alternative caliphal legitimacy centered on Mecca ⓘ
major challenge to early Umayyad rule ⓘ
startTime circa 683 ⓘ
usedTitleForLeader Amir al-Mu'minin (Commander of the Faithful) ⓘ
linked to: Amir al-Mu’minin

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Battle of Marj Rahit (684) → opposedDynasty → Zubayrid regime in Mecca ⓘ
Siege of Mecca (692) → belligerent → Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr’s caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Zubayrid regime in Mecca