page_title: List of caliphs
section_title: Ibn al-Zubayr's Caliphate (684–692)
hierarchical_section_title: List of caliphs / Non-ecumenical caliphates / Ibn al-Zubayr's Caliphate (684–692)
caption_attribution_description: English: A silver dirham minted in Fars in 690/91 in the name of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
context_page_description: This is a list of people who have held the title of Caliph, the supreme religious and political leader of an Islamic state known as the Caliphate, and the title for the ruler of the Islamic Ummah, as the political successors to Muhammad. All years are according to the Common Era.
context_section_description: Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, the nephew of Aisha, the third wife of Muhammad led a rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate in 684 AD. He was proclaimed caliph in Mecca but was defeated and killed there in 692 AD after a six-month siege by general Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.
caption: Silver dirham of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
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