Yahya ibn Zayd

Yahya ibn Zayd
يحيى بن زيد
Imamzadeh mausoleum and shrine to Yahya ibn Zayd in Gonbad-e Kavus, Iran
Personal
Born	107 AH 725/6 CE Medina, Hejaz
Died	125 AH 743 CE
Resting place	Guzgan, Afghanistan
Religion	Islam
Parents	Zayd ibn Ali (father) Rayta bint Abd Allah al-Alawiyya (mother)

Yahya ibn Zayd (Arabic: يحيى بن زيد; 725/6–743) was the eldest son of Zayd ibn Ali, the founder of the Zaydi movement. He participated in the unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Caliphate launched by his father in 739/40, and escaped to Khurasan, where he tried with limited success to gain support for another rebellion. In 743 he was tracked down and finally killed by forces of the Umayyad governor, Nasr ibn Sayyar.