Yahya ibn Umar | |
|---|---|
| Died | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Criminal charge | Rebellion against State (Treason) |
| Penalty | Death (Killed by Abbasid army) |
| Details | |
| Victims | unknown |
| Date | c. 864 – 865 |
| Killed | unknown |
Yaḥyā ibn ʿUmar ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn Dhu al-Dam'a ibn Zayd ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib[1] was an Alid Imam. His grandfather Yaḥyā is the grandson of Imām Zāyd, the sixth Imām of Zaydīyyā. His mother was Umm al-Ḥusayn Fāṭima bint al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib. [2] In the days of the Abbasid caliph Al-Musta'in, he marched out from Kufa and lead an abortive uprising from Kufa in 250 A.H. (864-65 C.E.),[3] but was killed by the Abbasid forces led by Husayn ibn Isma'il, who had been sent to deal with him.