Abdallah ibn Yahya, better known by his laqab of Talib al-Haqq (), was the leader of an

Ibadi revolt The Ibadi revolt was an Ibadi Kharijite uprising that occurred in ca. 747–748 against the Umayyad Caliphate. It established the first Ibadi imamate, a short-lived state located in the Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِ ...

against the

Umayyad Caliphate The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by th ...

in southern Arabia during the Third Fitna. He was of Kindaite origin, and had originally been appointed by the Umayyad governor of Yemen as a judge in the eastern Hadramawt region. In 745, as Umayyad authority was shaken by the outbreak of the Third Fitna, he proclaimed himself

caliph A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...

. He secured the support from the Ibadi

Kharijites The Kharijites (, singular ), also called al-Shurat (), were an Islamic sect which emerged during the First Fitna (656–661). The first Kharijites were supporters of Ali who rebelled against his acceptance of arbitration talks to settle the ...

of neighbouring

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

, and captured the Yemeni capital,

Sana'a Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Governo ...

. His army, under his follower Abu Hamza, reached as far as Mecca and

Medina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...

, and even

Basra Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is hand ...

for a while swore allegiance to him. His followers are said to have numbered 30,000, although that figure may be just a conventional number indicating a large multitude rather than an accurate count. The uprising was suppressed in 747 by the Umayyad general Abd al-Malik ibn Atiyya, sent by Caliph

Marwan II Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam ( ar, مروان بن محمد بن مروان بن الحكم, Marwān ibn Muḥammad ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam; – 6 August 750), commonly known as Marwan II, was the fourteenth and last caliph of ...

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* {{New Cambridge History of Islam , volume = 1 , chapter = Arabia , pages = 397–447 , last = Landau-Tasseron , first = Ella 8th-century Arabs 8th-century caliphs 8th century in Yemen Kinda People of the Third Fitna Ibadi Muslims Yemen under the Umayyad Caliphate