Al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf al-Thaqafi: Difference between revisions

Al-Hajjaj left Kufa in [[Jumada I]], [[72]]/September-October 691, he went to [[Ta'if]] in the same year, and then camped there. Apparently the reason was that he was commissioned not to invade [[Mecca]] and [[Masjid al-Haram]]. After one or two months of stay in Ta'if and some clashes with the army of 'Abd Allah b. Zubayr in [['Arafat]], when the caliph's forces arrived, he went to Mecca with the permission of the caliph. He sieged the city for seven or nine months since [[Dhu l-Qa'da 1]], [[72]]/[[March 25]], 692, and threw stones to the [[Ka'ba]] with catapults. After serious battles, he killed 'Abd Allah b. Zubayr in 17th [[Jumada I]] or [[Jumada II]] of 73, /[[October 4]] or /[[November 3]], 692. He conquered Mecca and annexed [[Hijaz]] to the [[Umayyad]] realm.