Zubayrid regime

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The Zubayrid regime was a short-lived rival caliphate led by Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr during the Second Fitna, challenging Umayyad authority over the early Islamic empire.

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instanceOf historical Islamic polity
political regime
rival caliphate
basedOnLineageClaim Banu Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza
Quraysh
capital Mecca
claimedCaliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
claimedContinuityWith Rashidun Caliphate
claimedLegitimacyFrom early Islamic community (ummah)
claimedTitle Caliphate
linked to: Islamic Caliphates
conflict Second Fitna
currency early Islamic coinage
endedWithDeathOf Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
endedWithEvent Siege of Mecca (692)
endTime 692
governmentType Caliphate
hadRivalCaliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
Marwan I
historicalPeriod 7th century
historicalRegion early Islamic empire
ideologicalPosition anti-Umayyad
language Arabic
leader Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula
Hejaz
namedAfter Ibn al-Zubayr
notableBattle Battle of Maskin (context of Second Fitna)
opposed Umayyad Caliphate
opposedBy Umayyad Caliphate
partOf Second Fitna
politicalBase Mecca
precededBy Rashidun Caliphate (in claimed legitimacy)
linked to: Rashidun Caliphate
recognizedIn Egypt
Hejaz
Iraq
parts of Persia
parts of the Levant
religion Islam
replacedBy Umayyad Caliphate
shortDescription short-lived rival caliphate challenging Umayyad authority during the Second Fitna
startTime 683
territorialControlVariedDuring Second Fitna
usedReligiousLegitimacy control of Mecca
custodianship of the Kaaba

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