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...

emerged in the eighth century following Zayd ibn Ali‘s unsuccessful rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate. Zaydism is typically considered to be a branch...

Zayd ibn ʿAlī (Arabic: زيد بن علي; 695–740), also spelled Zaid, was the son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, and great-grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib...

significant role in the formation of early Zaydism in the 8th century. They held positions similar to those of Zayd ibn ʿAlī, and their theological positions...

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 was an Alid Imam. His grandfather...

Zayd ibn Ḥāritha al-Kalbī (Arabic: زيد بن حارثة الكلبي) (c. 581–629 CE), was an early Muslim, Sahabi and the adopted son of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad...

Yahya ibn Surur ibn Musa‘id (Arabic: يحيى بن سرور بن مساعد, romanized: Yaḥyá ibn Surūr ibn Musā‘id; died c. 1838) was a sharif of the Zayd clan who served...

In 740, Zayd ibn Ali led an unsuccessful rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate, that had taken over the Rashidun Caliphate since the death of his great-grandfather...

Barmakids family Yahya ibn Umar ibn Yahya ibn Husayn ibn Zayd ibn Ali Zayn al-Abidin ibn Al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Murtada, Alid imam Yahya ibn al-Walid, was...

Ja'far is wounded or killed, Zayd ibn Harithah will take over the command. If Zayd ibn Harithah is killed or wounded, Abdullah ibn Rawaha will take his place...