Campbell, Sandra

ʿAbdallāh b. al-Zubayr , a son of the famous Companions al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām and Asmāʾ bt. Abī Bakr, was the first child born to the Muslim community in Medina after the hijra , in 2/624. He played a key role in the Second Civil War or fitna (strife), ruling from Mecca for app…