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Zayd ibn Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (Arabic: زيد بن موسى بن جعفر بن محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب) was a younger son of the seventh Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, Musa al-Kazim.

He took part in the unsuccessful Alid uprising in 815 against the Abbasid Caliphate, led by Abu'l-Saraya, during which he captured and governed the city of Basra. According to al-Tabari, his reign was characterized by a pogrom against the supporters of the Abbasids, which earned him the nickname Zayd al-Nar ('Zayd of the Fire') due to the large numbers of houses belonging to Abbasid family members or their followers that he ordered torched. After the defeat of Abu'l-Saraya at Kufa, Basra held out for a while, until captured by the Abbasid general Ali ibn Abi Sa'id. Zayd received a letter of safe passage from Ali, and surrendered to him. His brother, Ibrahim, also took part in the uprising and ruled Yemen for a while.

Before long, Zayd escaped his imprisonment, and rose again in revolt at Anbar in June 816, along with Abu'l-Saraya's brother. They were soon defeated by Abbasid troops and again captured.

References

1. Bosworth 1987, p. 26 (note 68).
2. Bosworth 1987, p. 26.
3. Bosworth 1987, pp. 26–27.
4. Bosworth 1987, p. 27.
5. Bosworth 1987, pp. 28–29.
6. Bosworth 1987, p. 44.

Sources

• Bosworth, C. E., ed. (1987). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXII: The Reunification of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate: The Caliphate of al-Maʾmūn, A.D. 813–33/A.H. 198–213. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-058-8.

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