emerged in the eighth century following Zayd ibn Ali's unsuccessful rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate. Zaydism is typically considered to be a branch...

Zayd Abu Zayd (1195–1270), Almohad political leader Zayd al-Khayr (died 631), companion of Muhammad Zayd ibn al-Dathinnah, companion of Muhammad Zayd...

Zayd ibn Ḥāritha al-Kalbī (Arabic: زيد بن حارثة الكلبي) (c. 581–629 CE), was an early Muslim, Sahabi and the adopted son of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad...

Zayd ibn ʿAlī (Arabic: زيد بن علي; 695–740), also spelled Zaid, was the son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, and great-grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib...

Zayd Abu Zayd (Arabic: ابو زيد, c. 1195 – 1265/1270) was the last Almohad governor of Valencia. He succeeded as governor of Valencia to his uncle Abū...

significant role in the formation of early Zaydism in the 8th century. They held positions similar to those of Zayd ibn ʿAlī, and their theological positions...

Banu Zayd (Arabic: بنو زيد) is a Najdi tribe that traces its roots to Zayd who settled Shaqra. Among the tribe's members are: Muhammad bin Abdul Karim...

Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd (Arabic: نصر حامد أبو زيد, IPA: [ˈnɑsˤɾe ˈħæːmed ˈæbuˈzeːd]; also Abu Zaid or Abu Zeid; July 10, 1943 – July 5, 2010) was an Egyptian...

Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl (died 605) was a monotheist and poet who lived in Mecca shortly before Islam. He was the son of Amr ibn Nufayl, a member of the...

Zāyd bin Thābit bin al-Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic: زيد بن ثابت, romanized: Zayd ibn Thābit) was the personal scribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, serving as the...

Rayhana bint Zayd (Arabic: ريحانة بنت زيد, romanized: Rayḥāna bint Zayd; died c. 631 CE) was a Jewish convert to Islam from the Banu Nadir. Through marriage...

Abu Zayd Ibn Rizq Al-Hilali listen (Arabic: أبو زيد ابن رزق الهلالي, Ābu Zayd al-Hilalī) was an 11th-century Arab leader and hero of the 'Amirid tribe...

Bakr Abu Zayd (Arabic: بكر بن عبد الله أبو زيد [ar]) (born~ 1944 – 5 February 2008) from the tribe of Banu Zayd of Quda'a, was a Saudi Arabian Islamic...

al-Sha'tha Jabir ibn Zayd al-Yahmadi al-Azdi (Arabic: أبو الشعثاء جابر بن زيد اليحمدي الأزدي, romanized: ʾAbū al-Shaʿthaʾ Jābir ibn Zayd al-Yaḥmadī al-ʾAzdī)...

Osama Abu Zaid (Arabic: أسامة أبو زيد) is a Syrian politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Water Resources in the Syrian transitional government...

Atika bint Zayd al-Adawiyya (Arabic: عاتكة بنت زيد, romanized: ʿĀtika bint Zayd) was a woman in 7th century Arabia who was an Islamic scholar and poet...

Usaamah ibn Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi (Arabic: أسامة بن زيد بن حارثة الكلبي, romanized: ʾUsāma ibn Zayd ibn Ḥāritha al-Kalbī) was an early Muslim and...

governorate's seat and the largest city is Saada. It is the epicentre of Zaydism and where the Houthi group originates from.: 1008  Saada is 240 kilometers...

Saʿīd ibn Zayd (Arabic: سعيد ابن زيد; c. 593-671), also known by his kunya Abūʾl-Aʿwar, was a companion (Arabic: الصحابة) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad...

Abu Zayd or Arabic: أبو زيد, alternatively transliterated as Abizaid, Abu Zayd may refer to: Abū Zayd ‘Abdu r-Raḥman bin Muḥammad bin Khaldūn Al-Hadrami...

Zayd ibn ʿUmar (Arabic: زَيْد ابْنِ عُمَر), was a son of the second caliph Omar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb and his wife Umm Kulthum bint Ali, a granddaughter of the...

Zayd ibn Arqam (Arabic: زيد بن أرقم) was a Sahabi ("Companion") of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was from the tribe of Khazraj and a senior Companion...

Abu'l-Qasim al-Tayyib, son of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah. In Zaydism, the concept of imamate is different from the Isma'ili and Twelver branches;...

Zayd ibn Suhan (Arabic: زيد بن صوحان) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and is revered by Shia Muslims. He was the brother of Sa'sa'a bin...

Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Zayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismaʿīl ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Zayd (Arabic: الحسن بن زيد بن محمد; died 6 January 884[citation needed]), also...

initially espousing Isma'ilism, and eventually becoming partisans of Zaydism. Today still in the same ancient tribal form in Yemen, Hashid and Bakil...

Yahya ibn Zayd (Arabic: يحيى بن زيد, romanized: Yaḥyā ibn Zayd; 725/6–743) was the eldest son of Zayd ibn Ali, the founder of the Zaydi movement. He participated...

in Yemen have been categorized into two main Islamic orientations: Shia Zaydism and Sunni Shafi‘i. Also, small groups of Shia Ismailis and some Jewish...

Zayd Muse Farah (Somali: Zayd Muuse Faarax; born 12 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bayswater City, on loan from...

Abu Zayd Ahmed ibn Sahl Balkhi (Persian: ابو زید احمد بن سهل بلخی) was a Persian Muslim polymath: a geographer, mathematician, physician, psychologist...