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History Of The Caliphs

Author: Rasul Ja'farian
Translator: Ali Ebrahimi
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
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• TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
• CHAPTER I: ABU BAKR’S CALIPHATE
• Saqifa
• Caliphate After the Prophet (s)
• The Issue of Apostasy
• Abu Bakr’s Agents
• Conquest of Damascus
• Conquest of Iraq
• CHAPTER II:‘UMAR’S CALIPHATE
• About Caliph II
• the Caliph’s Character
• ‘Umar’s Functionaries
• Thoughts of the Second Caliph
• ‘Umar’s Murder
• Continued Conquests in Damascus and Egypt
• Continued Conquests in Iraq and the Conquest of Iran
• About Iran’s Conquest
• CHAPTER III: ‘UTHMAN’S CALIPHATE
• Caliphate Council and ‘Uthman’s Election
• ‘Uthman’s Caliphate
• Reasons of Anti-’Uthman Rebellion
• ‘Uthman’s Opponents
• ‘Uthman’s Contact with Dissenters
• ‘Uthman and Mu‘awiya
• Imam ‘Ali (a) and ‘Uthman
• Assassination of ‘Uthman
• Ongoing Victories
• Effects of Victories and Islamic Community
• CHAPTER IV: IMAM ‘ALI’S IMAMATE
• Imam ‘Ali alongside the Prophet
• Imam ‘Ali and Caliphs
• Shi‘ism During Imam’s caliphate
• People’s Allegiance to ‘Ali (a)
• Qa‘idin and No Congregation Formation
• Imam’s Problems
• Reformation, Imam’s Fundamental Policy
• Imam in the Face of Infidels (Djamal War)
• Imam Stays in Kufa
• War with Oppressively perverse People in SiffIn
• War with Extremist Kharidjites
• The Kharidjites, Formation and Characteristics
• Invasions of Damascus Army
• Imam ‘Ali’s Martyrdom
• Imam ‘Ali’s Life
• CHAPTER V: IMAM HASAN’S IMAMATE
• Acquaintance with the Kufiyans
• Imam Hasan’s Character
• Imam Mudjtaba and Imamate
• First Actions of Imam and Mu‘awiya
• Mu‘awiya and Request for Compromise
• Why the Compromise Was Accepted
• Imam Husayn (a) and Compromise
• Peace Pact
• Imam Mudjtaba’s Character
• Imam Hasan’s Martydom
• CHAPTER VI: MU‘AWIYA’S MONARCHY
• Mu‘awiya, the Founder of the Umayyad Monarchy
• Shi‘ite Muslims in Mu‘awiya’s time
• The Suppression of Hudjr Ibn ‘Adi’s Shi‘ite Movement
• Repercussions of Hudjr’s Martyrdom
• Conquests in Mu‘awiya’s time
• The Kharidjites in Mu‘awiya’s time
• Mu‘awiya’s Endeavor for Hereditary Caliphate
• CHAPTER VII: KARBALA MOVEMENT
• Imam Husayn’s Opposition to Yazid’s Caliphate
• Dispatching Muslim to Kufa
• Imam’s Movement Towards Iraq
• The People of Kufa and Karbala Event
• Kufa Under the Pressure of Ibn Ziyad
• Assessing the Travel to Iraq
• Imam Versus Iraqi Army
• The Element of Invisibility in Karbala
• The Role of Religious Deviations in Karbala Event
• Political Impacts of the Event of Karbala on Shi‘ism
• CHAPTER VIII: TRANSFER OF CALIPHATE TO THE MARWANIDS
• Dispute Between Hidjaz and Damascus
• The Battle of Harra Waqim
• The Penitents’ Movement in 65 A.H
• Here Some Points Merit Attention as Regards to the penitents
• Mukhtar’s Uprising (66, 67 A.H.)
• CHAPTER IX: IMAM SAJJAD (A)
• Imam Sadjdjad(a)
• Imam Sadjdjad and Shi‘ite Muslims
• Imam’s Encounter with the Umayyads
• Imam Sadjdjad’s Profiting from Du‘a (Prayer)
• Imam Sadjdjad and Slaves
• CHAPTER X: THE MARWANIDS’ GOVERNMENT
• Al Marwan’s Rule
• HadjdjAdj in Iraq
• ‘Abd al-Rahman Ibn Ash‘ath’s Riot
• ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz’s Administration
• Encountering the Shi‘ite Muslims
• Encountering the Kharidjites
• Standing Against Cruelty and Public Extortion
• YazId Ibn ‘Abd al-Malik’s Succession
• YazId Ibn Muhallab’s Uprising
• HishAm Ibn ‘Abd al-Malik’s Succession
• Kharidjites’ Rebellion in time of the Marwanids
• The Foundation of the Kharidjites’ Principles
• CHAPTER XI: SHI‘ITE MUSLIMS IN THE LAST DECADES OF THE UMAYYAD STATE
• The Shi‘ite Muslims Under the Pressure of the Umayyads
• Internal Events of Shi‘ite Muslims
• Exaggeration and the Exaggerators
• Confrontation of Imams with the Exaggerators
• Shi‘ism when Giving Superiority to ‘Ali (a)
• Zayd Ibn ‘Ali’s Uprising and the Zaydids in Shi‘ism
• Zayd Ibn ‘Ali in Kufa
• Zayd Ibn ‘Ali’s Clash with the Umayyads’ Forces
• Zaydism, Shi‘ism and Zayd Ibn ‘Ali (a)
• The Twelve-Imam Shi‘ite Muslims and Zayd
• Yahya Ibn Zayd’s Uprising
• ‘Abd Allah Ibn Mu‘awiya’s Uprising
• The Shi‘ite Muslims and the ‘Alawites’ Last Position in the Umayyads’s time
• CHAPTER XII: DECLINE OF THE MARWANIDS
• Harith Ibn Suraydj in Khurasan
• The Murdji‘ites and the Djahmites in Harith’s Uprising
• WalId Ibn YazId’s Caliphate and Extreme Corruption of the Umayyads
• Yazid Ibn Walid’s Riot
• The Impacts of Walid’s Death on the Umayyads and Their Fall
• Marwan Ibn Muhammad and the Decline of the Umayyads
• Political Views of the Marwanids
• Scholars Serve Al Marwan
• Circulation of Israelites and the Prevalence of Story-telling
• Conquests by the Marwanids Until Late FIRST Century
• Oriental Conquests
• Occidental Conquests
• REFERENCES
• NOTES