ABSTRACT
The fate of Yahya created a great sensation in Khorasan, and accelerated the downfall of the Ommeyades. The people went into universal mourning; every male child born on the day of Yahya's death was named after him, and when Abtl Muslim stood forth as the" Avenger of the House," they flocked to his standard dressed in black, which thenceforth became the Abbasside colour. The names of the Ommeyades who had taken part in Yahya's death were ascertained from the Register, and they were pursued and killed without mercy.
