The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 19: The Caliphate of Yazīd b. Muʿāwiyah A.D. 680-683/A.H. 60-64

by       and Muhammad Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari

This volume deals with the caliphate of Yazīd. Yazīd was not accepted as a legitimate caliph by many of the leading Muslims of the time, and, therefore, al-Ṭabarī has concentrated his account of Yazīd's caliphate almost entirely on the opposition to him. This opposition had its leadership in two of the leading Islamic figures of the time, al-Ḥusayn, the son of the caliph ʿAlī, and Ibn al-Zubayr, a leading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791400417
• ISBN13: 9780791400418
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"