Background History: The 8th - 20th Century A.D.

From: APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map | Date: November 17, 2003 | Copyright information

In keeping with Shiite tradition, Zain Al Abidin named his son Mohammed Al Baqir as his spiritual heir before his death in 712. Baqir continued with the accommodating approach towards the Ummayyads taken by his father, but those Shiites displeased with this approach supported Zaid Ibn Ali, the younger brother of Zain Al Abidin. A revolt was begun in 740 under Zaid's inspiration, but it was suppressed. Later, in 743, Zaid's son Yahya Ibn Zaid rebelled in the Khurasan, the eastern mo...

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