Revolts of Zayd ibn Ali

Revolts of Zayd ibn Ali
	Part of the Alid revolts
Date	6 January 740 CE (10 Safar 122 AH)–743 CE (125 AH)
Location	Kufa (modern day Iraq); Khorasan (modern day Afghanistan);
Result	Umayyad victory; Death of Zayd ibn Ali and suppression of revolt in Kufa; Death of Yahya ibn Zayd and suppression of new revolt;
Belligerents
Umayyad Caliphate	Alids
Commanders and leaders
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik; Al-Walid II; Yusuf ibn Umar al-Thaqafi; Hakam ibn Salt; Nasr ibn Sayyar; Salm ibn Ahwaz al-Mazini; Amr ibn Zurara †	Zayd ibn Ali †; Yahya ibn Zayd †; Mu'awiya ibn Ishaq †; Salma ibn Kohayk; Nasr ibn Khazima Abasi †; Supported by: Abu Hanifa (financial & religious support); Jafar as-Sadiq (spiritual support);
Strength
Total: ≈30,000 Against Zayd ibn Ali: ≈12,000; Against Yahya ibn Zayd: ≈18,000;	Total: ≈288-370 Zayd ibn Ali’s forces: ≈218-300; Yahya ibn Zayd’s forces: 70;
Casualties and losses
Total: ≈70+ Against Zayd ibn Ali: 70+; Against Yahya ibn Zayd: Minimum-Heavy;	Total: Unknown Against Zayd ibn Ali: Heavy; Yahya ibn Zayd’s forces: Heavy;

The Revolts of Zayd ibn Ali (Arabic: الثورات زيد بن علي, romanized: al-Thawrāt Zayd ibn ʿAlī), also known as the Zaydi Revolts, were a series of revolts initially led by Zayd ibn Ali and later his son and successor Yahya ibn Zayd against the Umayyad Caliphate, which had taken over from the Rashidun Caliphate since the death of his great-grandfather, Ali.