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Known for his commanding oratory skills, amiable demeanor, and impressive build, he led the Alid Revolt in Medina, a failed rebellion, against the second Abbasid caliph Al-Mansur. He and a few hundred soldiers faced against a large Abbasid force under Isa ibn Musa, and he was killed on December 6, 762 CE (145 AH ).
Muhammad was often called "the Pure Soul" (al-Nafs al-Zakiyya) for his noble character, but he was also "a somewhat unworldly, even romantic, individual" (Hugh N. Kennedy) and apparently less capable or learned than his younger brother Ibrahim.
Al-Umari tried to regulate the Alids' movements in the city, and had three men, including Abu'l-Zift, a son of Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, flogged and publicly humiliated for flouting the Islamic prohibition against the consumption of alcohol; this caused outrage among the Alids.
- 11 June 786
MUHAMMAD AL-NAFS AL-ZAKIYYA (D. 762 c.e.) Muhammad b. ˓Abdallah b. al-Hasan al-Muthanna died in 762 c.e. Due to his gentle disposition, he was known as al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, which means "the pure soul." At a gathering of the Hashimites held at al-Abwa˒ during the Umayyad dynasty, Muhammad's father, ˓Abdallah, urged those present to accept his ...
After Abbasids broke their promise of leaving caliphate to al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (a descendant of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a) who was given allegiance to as al-Mahdi), he made an uprising in Medina against Al-Mansur al-'Abbasi in 145/762-3, but was finally killed together with many of his followers.
This book presents a detailed in-depth study, primarily based on primary Arabic sources, of the background, history and the consequences of the rebellion of Muhammad b. ʿAbdallah b. al-Hasan b. al-Hasan b. ʿAli b. Abi Talib, better known as al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, in 145/762, during the reign of the Abbasid Caliph, Abu Jaʿfar al-Mansur.
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Nov 9, 2015 · The Rebellion of Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya in 145/762: Ṭālibīs and Early ʿAbbāsīs in Conflict. Amikam Elad. BRILL, Nov 9, 2015 - Religion - 540 pages. This book presents a detailed in-depth...
