Week6
A New Era
The Umayyad Dynasty
661-750.
State and mosque in Islam, issue to discuss.
Al-Hasan and Mu`awiyah
Who are they?
Al-Hasan, the 2nd Imam is giving up.
Mu`awiyah is the Caliph 661-680.
Damascus: the caliphate center.
Building the navy.
Reconstruction of the army.
Institutions (post).
Living in a palace.
Hiring Christians, and building churches.
Friday ceremony.
Ziyad, was his brother.
Mu`awiyah and Yazid
Asking allegiance for his son.
Kingship.
Rational, why the people accepted Yazid.
Discussion: Mu`awiyah, king or caliph.
Al-Husayin ibn Ali
Al-Imamah (imamamite)
Al-Husayn revolting.
From Medianh to Karbila'.
Al-Najaf and Karbila'.
The 2nd Civil War, 683-692.
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, calaiming the Caliphate.
The Umayyad reaction.
The Reign of Abd al-Malik.
Al-Hajjaj and the end of Ibn al-Zubayr.