Sunpadh Rebellion

Sunpadh Rebellion
	; Map of Sunpadh's Rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate in 137 AH / 755 AD.
Date	137 AH / 755 AD
Location	Khorasan and some parts of the mountains and it's surroundings
Result	Abbasid victory
Belligerents
Abbasid Caliphate	Sunpadh Movement; Supported by :; Daylamites; Dabuyids of Tabaristan
Commanders and leaders
Jahwar ibn Marar	Sunpadh X
Strength
10,000 Troops	90,000–100,000 Rebels
Casualties and losses
Unknown	60,000 killed

The Rebellion of Sunpadh was Zoroastrian uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate in retaliation for the Execution of Abu Muslim al-Khurasani. The rebellion seemed clearly driven by Sunpadh’s close connection to Abu Muslim, as he was one of his companions and supporters. He threatened in marching to Mecca and destroy the Kaaba. The rebellion ended up being suppressed with Sunpadh murdered.

^ Foltz, Richard (2016). Iran: Persia in World History. Oxford University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-19-933549-7. Especially in the wake of Abu Muslim's murder. In 755, a neo-Zoroastrian leader named Sunpadh raised an army with the vow to avenge Abu Muslim by marching on Mecca and destroying Islam's most sacred shrine, the Kaaba. (He was not successful.)
^ Crone 2012, p. 36.
^ McAuliffe 1995, p. 45.

[1] Foltz, Richard (2016). Iran: Persia in World History. Oxford University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-19-933549-7. Especially in the wake of Abu Muslim's murder. In 755, a neo-Zoroastrian leader named Sunpadh raised an army with the vow to avenge Abu Muslim by marching on Mecca and destroying Islam's most sacred shrine, the Kaaba. (He was not successful.)

[FOOTNOTECrone201236-2] Crone 2012, p. 36.

[FOOTNOTEMcAuliffe199545-3] McAuliffe 1995, p. 45.

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Sunpadh Rebellion

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