Ibn al-Zubayr Claims the Caliphate

Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, son of a senior companion of the Prophet, refused to accept Yazid as caliph and stayed in Mecca. After Yazid died in 683 CE (64 AH), Ibn al-Zubayr declared himself caliph. Many provinces in the Hejaz, Iraq and parts of Egypt accepted his authority, although much of it was nominal. He ruled from Mecca until the Umayyad general al-Hajjaj besieged the city and Ibn al-Zubayr was killed in 692 CE.