Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Biographical Data of Muḥammad born ʿAbdallāh al-Nafs al-Zakiyya -- 2 Muḥammad born ʿAbdallāh during the Umawī and ʿAbbāsī Periods -- 3 On the Eve of the Rebellion -- 4 Revolt -- 5 The ʿAbbāsī Reactions -- 6 The ʿAbbāsī Armyʼs Campaigns Against Muḥammad born ʿAbdallāh -- 7 Banū Quraysh -- 8 Banū Asad born ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā born Quṣayy born Kilāb born Murra born Kaʿb born Luʾay born Fihr (Quraysh) -- 9 The Tribal Support for/Opposition to Muḥammad born ʿAbdallāh -- Appendix 1: The Attitude of the ʿUlamāʾ Towards the Rebellion -- Appendix 2: Transmitters and Transmission of the Historical Events of the Revolt -- Appendix 3: The Struggle for Legitimization Between the Ḥasanīs and the Ḥusaynīs as Reflected Mainly in Imāmī Literature -- Map of Medina -- Bibliography -- Index.

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This book presents a detailed in-depth study, primarily based on primary Arabic sources, of the background, history and the consequences of the rebellion of Muhammad born ʿAbdallah born al-Hasan born al-Hasan born ʿAli born Abi Talib, better known as al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, in 145/762, during the reign of the Abbasid Caliph, Abu Jaʿfar al-Mansur. It focuses on the relations between the early Abbasid and the different Talibi-(Shiʿi) families - mainly the Hasanis and the Husaynis - and the internal struggles between these factions for the legitimacy of authority.