Al-Asbagh ibn Dhu'ala
Al-Asbagh ibn Dhu'ala al-Kalbi was an
Early career
Al-Asbagh was of the
Role in the Third Muslim Civil War
Al-Asbagh later participated in the conspiracy to kill the Umayyad caliph
Inform the Qays ... and their masters from
Yazid III acceded, but died in September 744. His brother,
Revolt against the Abbasids
In 749 the Abbasid dynasty took power in Kufa and in 750 their forces routed Marwan II at the Battle of the Zab and subsequently toppled the Umayyad Caliphate. Later that year, the Iraq-based Abbasid Caliphate faced revolts in Syria by the Umayyads and their supporters, most notably that of the Umayyad prince Abu Muhammad al-Sufyani. This revolt garnered the support of both the Yaman and the Qays. Al-Asbagh likely commanded the Yamani troops of Abu Muhammad, while the Qaysites were led by the general Abu al-Ward.[9] Al-Asbagh and Abu al-Ward were defeated by the Abbasids in a battle near Homs on 27 July 751. Abu Muhammad later barricaded with his Kalbite supporters in Palmyra before fleeing that year, thus marking an end to the revolt.[10]
References
- ^ a b c Crone 1980, p. 156.
- ^ Sharon 1990, pp. 40–41.
- ^ Sharon 1990, p. 41.
- ^ Sharon 1990, p. 42.
- ^ Intagliata 2018, p. 139.
- ^ Williams 1985, p. 5.
- ^ Williams 1985, pp. 8–9.
- ^ Caskel 1966, p. 202.
- ^ Cobb 2001, p. 165.
- ^ Williams 1985, pp. 177–179.
Bibliography
- Caskel, Werner (1966). Ğamharat an-nasab: Das genealogische Werk des His̆ām ibn Muḥammad al-Kalbī, Volume II (in German). Leiden: Brill.
- Cobb, Paul M. (2001). White Banners: Contention in 'Abbasid Syria, 750–880. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0791448809.
- ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
- Intagliata, Emanuele E. (2018) [1950]. Palmyra after Zenobia AD 273-750: An Archaeological and Historical Reappraisal. Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN 978-1-78570-942-5.
- Sharon, Moshe (1990). Revolt: The Social and Military Aspects of the ʻAbbāsid Revolution : Black Banners from the East II. The Max Schloessinger memorial series. Jerusalem: Max Schloessinger Memorial Fund, Hebrew University. ISBN 965-223-388-9.
- Williams, John Alden, ed. (1985). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXVII: The ʿAbbāsid Revolution, A.D. 743–750/A.H. 126–132. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-87395-884-4.