ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Biographical Data of Muammad b. Abdallah al-Nafs al-Zakiyya1) Birth 2) Death3) Mother4) Siblings5) The Residences of the Family6) Wives and Children7) Education8) Physical Traits9) The Image of Muammad b. Abdallah as Portrayed by the Sources1) The Title al-Mahdi2) The Title al-Nafs al-Zakiyya3) aib al-khal" 4) Zaydi Imam?Chapter 2: Muammad b. Abdallah during the Umawi and Abbasi Periods A) The Umawi Period1) Traditions without Specific Dates and Names of Caliphs 2) Traditions with Dates and Names of Caliphs 3) The Period after al-Walid b. Yazid''s Reign (126/743-744)B) Upon the Accession of the Abbasis to Rule1) The Abu Salama Affair2) The Affair of Yazid b. Umar b. Hubayra3) Abd al-Jabbar b. Abd al-Raman al-AzdiC) The Caliphate of Abu l-Abbas al-Saffa (r.

132-136/749-754)1) Abu l-Abbas and the Alids (mainly Abdallah b. al-asan b. al-asan b. Ali b. Abi alib)2) Muammad b. Abdallah during the Caliphate of al-SaffaD) The Reign of al-Manur (136-158/754-775)E) The Pre-Rebellion Phase: Propaganda and Espionage Activities 1) The Abbasi Side2) Muammad b. Abdallah''s Intelligence Operations Chapter 3: On the Eve of the RebellionA) Medina during the Early Abbasi Caliphate1) Abbasi Policy towards the City2) The Abbasis and the Governors of Medina3) The Governors of Medina (136-145/754-762)B) The Imprisonment of the asanis and Their Death1) The Imprisonment of Abdallah b. al-asan and His Family in 140/7582) The Imprisonment of the asanis in 144/7623) ConclusionC) Propaganda and Followers of Muammad b.

Abdallah in the Provinces1) Egypt2) Syria (al-Sham)3) Al-Iraq (al-Bara and al-Kufa)4) Al-SindChapter 4: RevoltIntroductionA) Entering the City and Taking Control B) Supporters and Warriors in the First Stage of the Revolt: General Observations 1) The Size of the Army of Muammad b. Abdallah2) Muammads CommandersC) The First Actions: The Imprisonment of the Abbasi Family in MedinaD) The Financial Sources of the RebellionE) Organizing Medina1) Governors of Medina2) The ijaba3) The Shura4) The Judiciary (al-Qaa)5) Diwan al-Aa6) The Arsenal7) The Flag-bearerF) Appointing Governors in Arabia1) Mecca2) Yemen (al-Yaman)3) Al-aif4) Al-YamamaChapter 5: The Abbasi ReactionsA) Al-Manur''s First ResponseB) The Correspondence Between al-Manur and Muammad b. Abdallah1) The Text and its Transmission2) The Text of the Three Letters Recorded by Sib b. al-Jawzi3) The Problem of Authenticity: The Question of the "Fourth Letter"4) Kitab al-Siyar of Muammad b. Abdallah 5) The Letters according to Balami (d. 974, or after 992?)C) The Abbasi Army Headed by isa b. Musa against Muammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya1) The alibis in isa b. Musa''s Camp 2) The Advancement of isa''s Army until Reaching MedinaChapter 6: The Abbasi Armys Campaigns Against Muammad b.

AbdallahA) The First Stages1) Duel Combats2) Assaulting and Bridging the Khandaq (Moat)3) Taking Control of the Outskirts of Medina and Entering the CityB) The Campaign outside the CityC) The Last Battle and the Death of Muammad b. Abdallah D) The Site Where Muammad b. Abdallah Was Killed1) Ajar al-Zayt3) Mashhad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya in the Market of Medina. 4) Bayt Rumi (A Byzantine House [?])5) Ghanaim Khashram 6) Muammad b. Abdallah''s Burial PlaceE) The Abbasis'' First Actions after the Suppression of the Revolt1) Acts of Killing and Robbing by the Contingents of the Abbasi Army2) The Persecution of Members of the asani Family and other Supporters of the Rebellion 3) Maritime Blockade4) The Confiscation of Banu l-asan''s and Jafar al-adiq''s Estates 5) The Confiscation of Jafar al-adiq''s EstateChapter 7: The Social, Ethnic, Political, and Religious Character of the RevoltPart 1: Banu Quraysh A) The alibis1) Banu l-asan b. Ali b. Abi alib (table I)2) Banu l-usayn b.Ali b.

Abi alib (table II)3) Banu Jafar b. Abi alib (table III)4) Banu Umar b. Ali b. Abi alib (table IV)5) Banu Aqil b. Abi alib (table IV)B) Banu Umayya al-Akbar b. Abd Shams b. Abd Manaf b. Quayy b.

Kilab b. Murra b. Kab b. Luayy b. Ghalib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table V)C) Banu Nawfal b. Abd Manaf b. Quayy b.

Kilab b. Murra b. Kab b. Luayy b. Ghalib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table V)D) Banu l-Mualib b. Abd Manaf b. Quayy b.

Kilab . b. Ghalib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table V)E) Banu Adi b. Kab b. Luayy b. Ghalib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table VI)F) Banu Taym b.

Murra b. Kab b. Luayy b. Ghalib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table VII)G) Banu Makhzum b. Yaqa b. Murra b. Kab b.

Luayy b. Ghalib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table VIII)H) Banu amir b. Luayy b. Ghalib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table IX)I) Banu Juma b. Amr b. Huay b.

Kab b. Luayy b. Ghalib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table X). See also Banu KindaJ) Banu Hashim b. Abd Manaf b. Quayy b. Kilab b.

Murra b. Kab b. Luayy b. Ghalib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table X)K) Banu Zuhra b. Quayy b. Kilab b. Murra b.

Kab b. Luayy b. Ghalib b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table XI)Chapter 7Part 2: Banu Asad b. Abd al-Uzza b. Quayy b. Kilab b. Murra b.

Kab b. Luay b. Fihr (Quraysh) (table XII)A) The Family of al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam1) The Family of Muab b. al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam b. Khuwaylid b. Asad 2) The Family of Jafar b.

Muab b. al-Zubayr3) The Family of Khalid b. al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam4) The Family of Abdallah b. al-Zubayr5) The Family of al-Mundhir b. al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam 6) The Family of Urwa b. al-ZubayrB) The Family of Abdallah b.

Khalid b. izam b. Khuwaylid b. Asad b. Abd al-Uzza b. Quayy b. KilabC) Some Notes on the Zubayris in Early Islam1) The political-social and especially the economic position of the Zubayris 2) The Relations between the Zubayris and the alibisD) Abbasis and Zubayris1) The Position and Roles of Members of the Zubayri Family in the Early Abbasi State 2) Marriage and relations between the Zubayris and the Abbasis E) Transmissions of the ZubayrisChapter 7 Part 3: The Tribal Support for/Opposition to Muammad b. AbdallahA) The AnarA.

1) Banu AwsA.2) Banu l-KhazrajB) Banu Juhayna (. b. al-afi b. Quaa)C) Banu Muzayna (. b. al-Yas b. Muar)D) Banu Sulaym (.

b. Qays Aylan b. Muar)E) Banu Ghifar b. Mulayl (. b. Kinana . b. al-Yas b.

Muar)F) Banu Aslam (. b. Mazin b. al-Azd)G) Banu Ashja (. b. Ghaafan b. Sad b. Qays Aylan b.

Muar)H) Banu Fazara (. b. Ghaafan b. Sad b. Qays Aylan b. Muar)I) Thaqif (. b. Hawazin .

b. Khafa b. Qays Aylan b. Muar)J) Banu amir b. aaa (. b. Hawazin . b.

Khaafa b. Qays Aylan b. Muar) K) Banu Bahila (mawali)L) Banu Hawazin (. b. Khaafa b. Qays Aylan b. Muar) (mawla)M) Banu KindaN) Banu Daws (al-Azd) (mawla), or Banu Layth (Quaa) (mawla) or Banu Ghifar (mawla) O) UnidentifiedConclusionsAppendix 1: The Attitude of the Ulama Towards the Rebellion1) Malik b. Anas2) Hisham b.

Urwa b. al-Zubayr3) Sufyan b. Said b. Masruq (known as Sufyan al-Thawri)4) Abu anifa al-Numan b. Thabit 5) Harun b. Sad al-IjliAppendix 2: Transmitters and Transmission of the Historical Events of the Revolt A) Transmitters from the alibi FamiliesB) The Abbasi FamilyC) Transmission from Contemporaries of the Rebellion: Eyewitnesses, Supporters, and Opponents of the RevoltD) Umar b. Shabba: Direct TransmittersE) Some Remarks on the Transmission of Abu l-Faraj al-Ifahani in Maqatil al-alibiyyin Regarding the Events Surrounding the Rebellion of Muammad al-Nafs al-ZakiyyaAppendix 3: The Struggle for Legitimization Between the asanis and the usaynis as Reflected Main.