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1 ➢➢ Thereafter Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā revolted in Sawīqah, a place near
Madīnah. He was later imprisoned in Surr Man Raʾā and passed away in prison. During his
time most of the Alawids had gone into hiding and they suspended their agenda.
➢➢ Thereafter, al-Ḥasan ibn Zayd ibn Muḥammad Ismāʿīl revolted and took control of Ṭabrastān
and some parts of Daylam. He ruled over them for forty years and passed away in 250 A.H.
➢➢ Thereafter Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿUmar revolted in the era of al-Mutawakkil.
He was based in the lands of the ʿAjam and was later imprisoned by al-Mutawakkil. It is also
alleged that besides the aforementioned there were many others who revolted during the
era of al-Mutawakkil. Some made their emergence in public, some remained discreet, some
were imprisoned and others were killed.
➢➢ Thereafter Yaḥyā ibn ʿUmar ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn emerged in
Kufah. The people loved him. He revolted during the era of al-Mustaʿīn.
➢➢ Thereafter, emerged al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn
ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn. Al-Mustaʿīn imprisoned him and he eventually passed away in prison.
➢➢ Thereafter Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan revolted
during the era of al-Mustaʿīn. He campaigned in Armīniyyah or Kufah. He was deceived and
consequently imprisoned. He was later poisoned and thereafter passed away in 250 A.H.
➢➢ Then came about al-Kawkabī, Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn.
He revolted in Kufah in the era of al-Muʿtaz in 255 A.H.
➢➢ Thereafter, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Ṭabāṭabā revolted during
the era of al-Muʿtamid. He got embroiled in a few wars with Ibn Ṭūlūn and then was killed at
the door of Iswān. His head was taken to al-Muʿtamid.
➢➢ Then came Muḥammad ibn Zayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl who revolted in 277 A.H. during
the era of al-Muʿtaḍid. He fought a few battles and was eventually killed in one of them in
Jurjān.
➢➢ Thereafter, al-Nāṣir al-Aṭrūsh al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar revolted. He
started his movement in Jīl and Daylam in 284 A.H. His matter became one of concern till he
passed away in the era of al-Muqtadir in 304 A.H.
➢➢ He was succeeded by al-Ḥasan ibn al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. He
emerged in era of al-Rāḍī bī Allāh. He gained authority over Ṭabrastān, Nīsābūr and Ray
and his opposition was great. He was later succeeded by his son al-Mahdī Muḥammad ibn
al-Ḥasan ibn al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥasan during the era of al-Muṭīʿ in 353 A.H. He gained authority
over Jīl and Daylam. He passed away 360 A.H.
➢➢ Thereafter al-Thāʾir fī Allah Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn revolted. He became a
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