Family of Abu Bakr - Abu Bakr, Aisha, Muhammad Ibn ABI Bakr, Asma Bint Umays, Abd Allah Ibn Al-Zubayr, Urwah Ibn Zubayr, Family Tree of Abu Bakr (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Abu Bakr, Aisha, Muhammad Ibn Abi Bakr, Asma Bint Umays, Abd Allah Ibn Al-Zubayr, Urwah Ibn Zubayr, Family Tree of Abu Bakr, Asma Bint Abi Bakr, Qutaylah Bint Abd-Al-Uzza, Abdulrehman Ibn Abu Bakr, Umm Kulthum Bint Abi Bakr, Hisham Ibn Urwah, Um Ruman, Tufail Ibn Abdullah, Abdullah Ibn Abi Bakr. Excerpt: Abd Allah al-Zubayr or Ibn Zubayr or Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr' (Arabic: 624 - 692) was an Arab sahabi whose father was Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, and whose mother was Asma bint Abi Bakr, daughter of the first Caliph Abu Bakr . He was the nephew of Aisha, Prophet Muhammad 's third wife. Biography He was a member of the Bani Assad tribe. As a young man, Abd Allah was an active participant in numerous Muslim campaigns against both the Byzantine and Sassanid empires. He marched to Sbeitla, Tunisia, the capital of self-proclaimed local emperor Gregory the Patrician . Gregory was defeated and killed in the Battle of Sufetula in 647 CE. Ibn al-Zubayr's revolt Main article: Ibn al-Zubair's revolt Ibn al-Zubayr was not active in politics during the reign of Muawiyah I, but upon the ascension of Yazid I, he refused to swear allegiance to the new caliph . One of his supporters, Muslim ibn Shihab, was the father of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri who became a famous scholar. Yazid After the death of Husayn bin Ali at the Battle of Karbela, Ibn Zubayr returned to the Hejaz where he declared himself the righteous caliph, and he began building support. Eventually he consolidated his power by sending a governor to Kufa . Soon, Ibn Zubayr established his power in Iraq, southern Arabia and in the greater part of Syria, and parts of Egypt . Ibn Zubayr benefitted greatly from widespread dissatisfaction among the populace with Umayyad rule. Yazid tried to end Ibn Zubayr's rebellion by invading the Hejaz ...