Revolt of Zayd ibn Ali

Zaydi Revolt
	Part of the Alid Uprisings
Date	6 January 740 CE (10 Safar 122 AH)–743 CE (125 AH)
Location	Kufa (modern day Iraq); Khorasan (modern day Afghanistan);
Result	Umayyad victory; Death of Zayd ibn Ali; Revolt in Kufa suppressed, Yahya ibn Zayd retreated and attempted to start a new revolt but was suppressed and was killed by Nasr ibn Sayyar; Led to the rise of the Zaydism movement of Shia islam;
Belligerents
Umayyad Caliphate	Alids
Commanders and leaders
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik; Al-Walid II; Yusuf ibn Umar al-Thaqafi; Hakam ibn Salt; Nasr ibn Sayyar; Salm ibn Ahwaz al-Mazini; Amr ibn Zurara †	Zayd ibn Ali †; Yahya ibn Zayd †; Mu'awiya ibn Ishaq †; Salma ibn Kohayk; Nasr ibn Khazima Abasi †; Supported by: Abu Hanifa (financial & religious support); Jafar as-Sadiq (spiritual support);
Strength
Total: ≈30,000 Against Zayd ibn Ali: ≈12,000; Against Yahya ibn Zayd: ≈18,000;	Total: ≈288-370 Zayd ibn Ali’s forces: ≈218-300; Yahya ibn Zayd’s forces: 70;
Casualties and losses
Total: ≈70+ Against Zayd ibn Ali: 70+; Against Yahya ibn Zayd: Minimum-Heavy;	Total: Unknown Against Zayd ibn Ali: Heavy; Yahya ibn Zayd’s forces: Heavy;

The Zaydi Revolt were a series of revolts initially led by Zayd ibn Ali and later his son and successor Yahya ibn Zayd against the Umayyad Caliphate, which had taken over the Rashidun Caliphate since the death of his great-grandfather, Ali.