Between Civil Wars: The Caliphate of Mu'awiyah()
From:
Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l muluk by Abu Ja'far Muhammad b Jarir al-Tabri (839-923)
which is by common consent the most important universal history produced in the world
of Islam. .
The First Civil War: From the Battle of
Siffin to the Death of 'Ali A.D. 656-661/A.H. 36-40)
This volume presents for the first time in English Tabari's complete account of
the twenty-year long reign of the fifth caliph, Mu'awiyah (661-680). The
importance of this account lies partly in Tabari's quotation of major portions
of the work of earlier authors, such as Abu Mikhnaf and other eighth-century
compilers. It is also significant because Tabari's selection of themes has had a
decisive influence on modern interpretations of this period, particularly on the
identification of what the important issues were in the works of Henri Lammens
and Julius Wellhausen. Here one can read the exciting account of the Khariji
revolt of Mustawrid ibn Ullifah, the impressive but controversial record of the
governorship of Ziyad b. Abihi, the entertaining escapades of the poet Farazdaq
in his youth, and the tragic story of Hibn 'Adi. Tabari's presentation of
different points of view about these and other events makes his account an
indispensable source for early Islamic history. (Translator's Foreword)
Between Civil Wars: The Caliphate of, Mu`awiyah
The Events of the Year 40 (660/661)
The Rendering of Allegiance to al-Hasan b. Ali
The Events of the Year 41 (665/662)
Al-Hasan's surrender of al-Kufah to Muawiyah
The departure of al-Hasan and al-Husayn for al-Madinah
The Kharijites at Shahrazur
Mucawiyah's order to kill the sons of Ziyad
Whyc Abdallah b.
c Amir was put in charge of al-Basrah and some events during his Activity
there
The Events of the Year 42 (662/663)
What happened to the Kharijites
The Events of the Year 43 (663/664)
The killing of al-Mustawrid b.c
Ullifah
The Events of the Year 44 (664/665)
The Events of the Year 45 (665/666)
Ziyad's governorship over al-Basrah
The Events of the Year 46 (666/667)
The death ofc Abd al-Rahman
b. Khalid b. al-Walid
The Events of the Year 47 (667/668)
The Events of the Year 48 (668/669)
The Events of the Year 49 (669/670)
The Events of the Year 50 (670/671)
Al-Faradzaq's flight from Ziyad
Al-Hakam b.c Amr raids
al-Ashall
The Events of the Year 51 (671/672)
Hujr b.c Adi's execution
Those whom Ziyad sent to Muawiyah
Hujr's companions who were killed
Hujr's companions who were saved
The Events of the Year 52 (672)
The Events of the Year 53 (672/673)
How Ziyad b. Sumayyah perished
How al-Rabic b. Ziyad
al-Harithi died
The Events of the Year 54 (673/674)
Why Muawiyah dismissed Sacid and appointed Mawan as
governor over al-Madinah
Howc Ubaydallah b. Ziyad
became governor over Khurasan
The Events of the Year 55 (/674/675)
Why Muawiyah dismissedc
Abdallah b.c Amr b. Ghaylan and appointedc
Ubaydallah over al-Basrah
The Events of the Year 56 (675/676)
Why Muawiyah made his Son, Yazid, heir apparent
The Events of the Year 57 (676/677)
The Events of the Year 58 (677/678)
Why Ubaydallah b. Ziyad
killed the Kharijites
The Events of the Year 59 (678/679)
Why Muawiyah appointedc
Abd al-Rahman b. Ziyad as governor of Khurasan
How Muawiyah dismissed and re-appointedc
Ubaydallah as governor of al-Basrah
Why Yasid b. Mufarrigh ridiculed the sons of Ziyad
The Events of the Year 60 (679/680)
The length of Muawiyah's reign
Muawiyah's last illness
Who led the prayer over Muawiyah when he died
Muawiyah's lineage and his Agnomen
Muawiyah's wives and children
Some of Muawiyah's Affairs and Conduct
Bibliography
Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarir at-Tabari was a
scholar of the highest repute he studied hadith literature, he also
studied many other subjects to further his knowledge of the Holy Qur'an and the
religion of Islam. During the end of his days, he was known as a commentator on
the Holy Qur'an, an expert in Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh), and as a famous
historian. He was also the author of many books; the most famous of them was his
Tafseer of the Holy Qur'an and the other was this
encyclopedia on Islamic history.
At-Tabari was born in the city of Amul, in Tabaristan, a mountainous region
lying south of the Caspian Sea in the year 839 A.C. and died at the age of
85 in the year 923 A.C.<
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