Talib al-Haqq
Abu Yahya Abdallah ibn Yahya ibn Umar ibn al-Aswad ibn Abdallah ibn al-Harith ibn Mu'awiya ibn al-Harith al-Kindi, better known by his
Life
Very little information is preserved about his life.[1] He was born Abdallah ibn Yahya was of Kindaite origin, and had originally been appointed by the Umayyad governor of Yemen as a judge (qadi) in the eastern
In late 745, as Umayyad authority was shaken by the outbreak of the Third Fitna, he proclaimed himself
In mid-747, an Ibadi army under Abu Hamza al-Mukhtar occupied the two Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina, and even Basra for a while swore allegiance to Talib al-Haqq as imam.[1][3]
The expansion of the Ibadi uprising worried the Umayyad caliph Marwan II, the victor of the civil war. In January 748 Marwan sent his general, Abd al-Malik ibn Atiyya, to suppress it with 4,000 troops.[1][4] The Umayyads defeated and killed Abu Hamza at Medina and retook control of the Hejaz, and in mid-748 invaded Yemen. Talib al-Haqq moved out of Sana'a and confronted the Umayyads at Jurash. In the ensuing battle, he was defeated and killed. His remaining followers fled to Shibam, while the severed head of the rebel leader was sent to Marwan.[1]
Abd al-Malik ibn Atiyya completed the re-establishment of caliphal authority in Yemen, but as he was recalled soon after, was also forced to recognize the authority of the Ibadi remnants over Hadramawt under Aballlah ibn Sa'id al-Hadhrami.[5] While ultimately unsuccessful, the Ibadi uprising also diverted crucial manpower away and facilitated Marwan's defeat in the Abbasid Revolution.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Francesca 2004, p. 785.
- ^ a b c Landau-Tasseron 2010, p. 418.
- ^ Landau-Tasseron 2010, pp. 407, 418–419.
- ^ Landau-Tasseron 2010, p. 419.
- ^ Francesca 2004, pp. 785–786.
Sources
- Francesca, Ersilia (2004). "Ṭālib al-Ḥaḳḳ". In ISBN 978-90-04-13974-9.
- Landau-Tasseron, Ella (2010). "Arabia". In ISBN 978-0-521-83823-8.
- 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.