ABSTRACT
However, we know that the long reign of the first Umayyad emir (13872/756-88) was marked by a fair number of rebellions against his authority. In spite of their somewhat [339] chaotic presentation in the sources, these rebellions can be classified into five clearly defined groups, though in some instances one rebellion overlaps with another. These five groups are: 1) rebellions led by the previous governor, Yusuf al-Fihri, or members of his family; 2) those led by members of the Arab aristocracy established along the Upper Frontier; 3) those led by Berber chieftains, which seem to have had a clearly tribal component; 4) those rebellions incited by agents working in the 'Abbasid cause; and 5) uprisings provoked by members ofthejunds.27
