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Many of Medinan elites and nobles, including [[Abd Allah b. Hanzala]] and his sons, Abd Allah b. Amr, and Mundhir b. al-Zubayr were in that group. Upon their arrival in Damascus, the group received many gifts from Yazid. However, Yazid committed inappropriate actions in the presence of the group, which offended them greatly. When the group returned to Medina, they openly cursed Yazid and talked about his immoral character, and thus unrest broke out.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', 1352 Sh, vol. 7, p. 3094-3100.</ref> | Many of Medinan elites and nobles, including [[Abd Allah b. Hanzala]] and his sons, Abd Allah b. Amr, and Mundhir b. al-Zubayr were in that group. Upon their arrival in Damascus, the group received many gifts from Yazid. However, Yazid committed inappropriate actions in the presence of the group, which offended them greatly. When the group returned to Medina, they openly cursed Yazid and talked about his immoral character, and thus unrest broke out.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', 1352 Sh, vol. 7, p. 3094-3100.</ref> | ||
Following the unrest in Medina, Yazid wrote a threatening letter to the people of Medina, but the letter only intensified the unrest and led to the beginning of a revolt. Yazid sent an army of twelve thousand men to Medina with [[Muslim b. Uqba]] as its commander.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 5, p. 323.</ref> When they reached Medina, They gave a three-day ultimatum to the people to stop the revolt and pay [[allegiance]] to Yazid again.<ref>Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 184; Ibn al-Jawzī, ''al-Muntaẓam fī tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 6, p. 15.</ref> But the people refused and the battle started, which led to the defeat of the Medinans and the killing of thousands of people and looting the city by the soldiers of Yazid for three days.<ref>Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 184; Ibn al-Jawzī, ''al-Muntaẓam fī tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 6, p. 15.</ref> This incident happened in [[63]]/ | Following the unrest in Medina, Yazid wrote a threatening letter to the people of Medina, but the letter only intensified the unrest and led to the beginning of a revolt. Yazid sent an army of twelve thousand men to Medina with [[Muslim b. Uqba]] as its commander.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 5, p. 323.</ref> When they reached Medina, They gave a three-day ultimatum to the people to stop the revolt and pay [[allegiance]] to Yazid again.<ref>Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 184; Ibn al-Jawzī, ''al-Muntaẓam fī tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 6, p. 15.</ref> But the people refused and the battle started, which led to the defeat of the Medinans and the killing of thousands of people and looting the city by the soldiers of Yazid for three days.<ref>Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 184; Ibn al-Jawzī, ''al-Muntaẓam fī tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 6, p. 15.</ref> This incident happened in [[63]]/682-3. | ||
===Meccan Revolt=== | ===Meccan Revolt=== | ||