Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr

Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr
Native name	Abdullah ibn az- Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ibn Khuwailid ibn Asad
Born	May, 624 Medina, Arabia
Died	November, 692 Mecca
Cause of death	In battle
Known for	Ayisha binte Abu Bakar 's grand-nephew
Opponent(s)	Yazid I Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Mukhtar al-Thaqafi
Parent(s)	Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Asma bint Abi Bakr

`Abd Allah al-Zubayr or ibn Zubayr (Arabic: عبد الله بن الزبير‎‎ ‘Abdallāh ibn az-Zubayr; 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, third wife of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Abd-Allah ibn al-Zubayr was the first Muslim to be born in Medina after the hijrah. He was the most prominent representative of the Muslim nobility. He is regarded as the fifth righteous Caliph of Islam who ruled the region from 683 till his death in 692. His caliphate was though challenged by Abdul Malik ibn Marwan after the death of his father.

ibn Zubayr led a rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate but was defeated and killed in Mecca in 692 AD after a six-month siege by general Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.

Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr was a member of the Bani Hashim tribe and was born one year and 8 months after the hijra of Muhammad to Medina. As such, he was the first Muslim child born in Medina. He was the cousin of Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr who, in turn, was the grandfather of Jafar al-Sadiq

Ibn 'Abbas said about him: "his (maternal) grandfather, Abu Bakr was (the Prophet's) companion in the cave, his mother, Asma' was 'Dhatun-Nitaq', his aunt, 'Aisha was the mother of the Believers, his paternal aunt, Khadija was the wife of the Prophet , and the paternal aunt of the Prophet was his grandmother. He himself is pious and chaste in Islam, well versed in the Knowledge of the Quran".

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