Yahya ibn Zayd

Yahya ibn Zayd
يحيى بن زيد
Imamzadeh mausoleum and shrine to Yahya ibn Zayd in Gonbad-e Kavus, Iran
7th Zaydi Imam
In office
739/740 CE – 743 CE
Preceded byZayd ibn Ali
Succeeded byMuhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
Personal
Born107 AH
725/6 CE
Died125 AH
743 CE
Resting placeGuzgan, Afghanistan
ReligionIslam
SpouseRayta bint Abd Allah al-Alawiyya
Parents

Yahya ibn Zayd (Arabic: يحيى بن زيد, romanizedYaḥyā ibn Zayd; 725/6–743) was the eldest son of Zayd ibn Ali, the founder of the Zaydi movement. He participated in the unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Caliphate launched by his father in 739/40, and escaped to Khurasan, where he tried with limited success to gain support for another rebellion. In 743 he was tracked down and finally killed by forces of the Umayyad governor, Nasr ibn Sayyar.


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