HISTORICal MEDITATION ON PERSONALATY OF YAHYA BIN ZAID BIN ALI (a.s)

Yahya bin Zaid was born in a learned and respected family. He spent his childhood under his father. After Zaid bin Ali being vanquished, Yahya became concealed and left for Khurasan. The Governor of kofa detected his emigration, so followed and arrested him in Balkh. But he had to release him. Thereafter, Yahya met by Neyshapur's army, however he defeated them and went to Joazjan, where two high personalities of its tribes and their fighters joined him. This time, Nasr bin Sayyar was chasing him and the twoarmies clashed in Joazjan. Finally, Yahya bin Zaid got defeated and his enemies cut off his head and hanged his body on the gate of the city. After his death, chaos gripped Khurasan. The Abbasid summoners including Abu Muslim had serious influence in these incidents. They instigated people against the felony of Umayyad dynasty especially bydivulging their cruelty on Prophet’s descendants embracing Yahya bin Zaid.This articles studies about his personality and his family position, along with view point of Imam Sadiq (A.S) on his revolt and martyrdom.