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He was given the governorship of Khurasan in 54/673 at the age of twenty-five, and soon afterward, he was appointed governor of Basra, where he subdued [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kharijite Kharijite] unrest (Tabari, II, pp. 168, 172, 185-87). At the accession of [[Yazid]] I (r. 60-64/680-83), he forestalled the planned Shiʿite rebellion in [[Kufa]] by intimidating the chiefs of the main tribes and publicly executing known agents of Imam Hussain. When Hussain and his family reached Iraq, Ibn Ziad sent the army of [[Omar Ibn Sa’d|Ibn Saʿd]] against him; Hussain was killed with his followers and most of the men of his family at Karbala on 10 [[Muharram]] 61/10 October 680. | He was given the governorship of Khurasan in 54/673 at the age of twenty-five, and soon afterward, he was appointed governor of Basra, where he subdued [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kharijite Kharijite] unrest (Tabari, II, pp. 168, 172, 185-87). At the accession of [[Yazid]] I (r. 60-64/680-83), he forestalled the planned Shiʿite rebellion in [[Kufa]] by intimidating the chiefs of the main tribes and publicly executing known agents of Imam Hussain. When Hussain and his family reached Iraq, Ibn Ziad sent the army of [[Omar Ibn Sa’d|Ibn Saʿd]] against him; Hussain was killed with his followers and most of the men of his family at Karbala on 10 [[Muharram]] 61/10 October 680. | ||
==After Death of Yazid== | ==After Death of Yazid== | ||
After Yazid’s death in 64/683, Ibn Ziad claimed the caliphate for himself, but finding little support in Kufa and Basra, he fled to Syria, supporting the claim of Marwan b. Hakam after the death of Muawiya II (64/684; Tabari, II, pp. 433 ff.). Under Marwan and his son ʿAbd-al-Malek, he fought to maintain control of Iraq, destroying the [[tawwabun]] (repentants, i.e., those who repented for having left Hussain to meet his fate) at the battle of [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/ayn-al-warda-SIM_0916 ʿAyn-al-Warda] (65/685). | After Yazid’s death in 64/683, Ibn Ziad claimed the [[caliphate]] for himself, but finding little support in Kufa and Basra, he fled to Syria, supporting the claim of Marwan b. Hakam after the death of Muawiya II (64/684; Tabari, II, pp. 433 ff.). Under Marwan and his son ʿAbd-al-Malek, he fought to maintain control of Iraq, destroying the [[tawwabun]] (repentants, i.e., those who repented for having left Hussain to meet his fate) at the battle of [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/ayn-al-warda-SIM_0916 ʿAyn-al-Warda] (65/685). | ||
==Ibn Ziad’s Death== | ==Ibn Ziad’s Death== | ||
[[File:Obayd 2.jpg|thumbnail|Umayyad Mosque in Damascus where Sayyidah Zeynab delivered a great speech before Ibn Ziad.]] | [[File:Obayd 2.jpg|thumbnail|Umayyad Mosque in Damascus where Sayyidah Zeynab delivered a great speech before Ibn Ziad.]] | ||