All the excruciating tortures he sustained under the name of...

All the excruciating tortures he sustained under the name of Islamic punishment limits for his atrocities caused him so enervated that he lost his life in 'Abd Allah's prison with no doctor.[^5]2181 This incident had prompted the followers of Zubayr to feel more powerful and absorb people in both Medina and Ta'if.

Since Ibn Zubayr considered Walid Ibn 'Uqba who had replaced 'Amr Ibn Sa'id perilous in Medina, he urged Yazid in a letter to substitute a sedate one for him if he wanted the state to improve. No sooner was 'Uthman Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abi Sufyan appointed[^6] than their pressure exerted on the Umayyads being in Mecca and Ta'if multiplied.[^7] There, two towns at a regular pace were seized by 'Abd Allah Ibn Zubayr.

Now Damascus was assured that in order to pacify Hijaz, its forces never suffice and it was obliged to seek help from the dwellers of Damascus. The Battle of Harra Waqim Among the most detestable atrocities committed by the Umayya following Imam Husayn's martyrdom was one notorious for the event of Harra in Islamic history. This event is connected to the revolt of Medina in 26th or 27th Dhil-Hajja, 63 A.H.[^8], not 62[^9] nor 64[^10] A.H. which culminated in bloodletting by Damascus army.

Three versions as alluded to by historians elucidating the motivations behind the revolt: First : According to Baladhuri when 'Abd Allah murdered his brother, 'Amr, he summoned people to balk at obeying Yazid and to combat against him. Later than Medina which was called upon. Hijaz bowed to be dutiful to him. 'Abd Allah Ibn Muti' secured allegiance from Medina on behalf of Ibn Zubayr.

Upon hearing the news, Yazid appealed to the governor for dispatching the distinguished of Medina to him for affability….[^11] As indicated through this version, Medina stood against Yazid as a result of swearing allegiance to Ibn Zubayr, due to the fact that subsequent to the event of Harra, Ibn Zubayr had proclaimed to his adherents, “Your friends were all massacred in the event”.2188Abul-Faraj has also presented interpretation concerning how Medina deposed Yazid from caliphate and swore allegiance to Ibn Zubayr in the process of its revolt.2189 Second: Written by Ya'qubi is that once 'Uthman Ibn Muhammad was appointed as the governor of Medina, in order Ibn Mina as usual to take Sawafi -the picked-out objects from Bayt al-Mal exclusively for the caliph- he went to Medina.

Deeming them their own properties, a number of people inhibited him from taking.