Seljūqid Ziyārats of Sar-i pul (Afghanistan)

The story of Yạhyā b. Zayd (in full, Yahyā b. Zayd b. 'Alī b. al-Husayn b. 'Alī b. Abī Ṭalīb) forms a well-known episode in the history of the closing years of the Umayyad Caliphate. The insurrection of Yaḥyā was in many respects a forerunner of the final rising under the 'Abbāsid emissary Abū Muslim, by which Umayyad government in Khurāsān was overthrown. The fullest early description of this episode is that given by the historian al-Ṭabarī in his account of the events of the year 125/742-3. After the rebellion and death of his father Zayd at Kūfa in 122/739-40, the young Yaḥyā had fled from Iraq with a few companions to Khurāsān. At Balkh he lived concealed under the protection of a man named al-ḥuraysh b. 'Amr. Eventually 'Uqayl b. Ma'qil, the prefect of the town for the Umayyad government, received instructions to track down the fugitive

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• Eastern Iranian architecture

  Open Access•A S Melikian Chirvani•Bulletin of the School of…•1970

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• The shrine of Imām-i Kalān in Sar-i Pul, Afghanistan

  Open Access•Mehrdad Shokoohy•Bulletin of the School of…•1989

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• Islamic Architects and Their Works

  Fr Taeschner, L A Mayer•Die Welt des Islams•1957

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