Yahya ibn Zayd | |
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يحيى بن زيد | |
 Imamzadeh mausoleum and shrine to Yahya ibn Zayd in Gonbad-e Kavus, Iran | |
| 7th Zaydi Imam | |
| In office 739/740 CE – 743 CE | |
| Preceded by | Zayd ibn Ali |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya |
| Personal | |
| Born | 107 AH 725/6 CE |
| Died | 125 AH 743 CE |
| Resting place | Guzgan, Afghanistan |
| Religion | Islam |
| Spouse | Rayta bint Abd Allah al-Alawiyya |
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Yahya ibn Zayd (Arabic: يحيى بن زيد, romanized: Yaḥyā ibn Zayd; 725/6–743) was the eldest son of Zayd ibn Ali, the founder of the Zaydi movement. He participated in the unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Caliphate launched by his father in 739/40, and escaped to Khurasan, where he tried with limited success to gain support for another rebellion. In 743 he was tracked down and finally killed by forces of the Umayyad governor, Nasr ibn Sayyar.