HIST 1308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Khawarij, Abbasid Caliphate, Abu Muslim
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He moves the muslim capitol to damascus (syria) and begins to conquer central and northern asia, as well as northern africa (tunisia, turkmenistan etc. Muawiyah names his son yazid to be his successor. This officially marks the switch from de(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)ati(cid:272) (cid:396)ule to (cid:373)o(cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:272)hi(cid:272)al (cid:396)ule (cid:894)if it (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t al(cid:396)eady (cid:272)lea(cid:396)(cid:895). Ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)e(cid:396), ali tali(cid:271)"s so(cid:374)s hasa(cid:374) and husyan did not forget what happened to their father and came up from iraq and forced. However, this plan fails and yazid has them executed, and kills their remaining armies in kabala. This event does not mark the official split between sunni and shiite but the sides are beginning to form. This event does form the shiat ali (party of ali) or shiite. This party represents the ideas of equality that ali talib was preaching before his untimely death. Then abdullah al-zubayr shows up is a member of the quays tribe and is opposed to everybody and he starts the 2nd fitna.
