Al -Hajjaj bin Youssef

It is a historical, affordable historical novel, Jerji Zidan, which falls within a series of novels of the history of Islam. Zidane deals with the historical facts that accompanied the life march of Al -Hajjaj bin Yusuf that character whose fame was applied, until the example was struck in oppression, as pilgrims had positions and works that still remember history. The novel touched on several events such as the emergence of the Umayyad caliphate and the wars, which resulted in the reign of the caliph Abd al -Malik bin Marwan, where the story included the siege of Mecca during the reign of Abdullah bin Al -Zubayr, its opening and killing, which led to the succession of Abdul -Malik bin Marwan, describing through the narratives scenes of Mecca and Medina All this is through a love story between two characters in the novel (Hassan and Somaya) that story that tells love and chastity, suffering, fear, then joy and victory. It was mentioned in the novel many of the news of the characters of that time, such as: Laila Al -Akhiliya, Tawbah, Jamil, Buthaina, Sakina Bint Al -Hussein, Ramla bint Al -Zubayr, Jarir, Al -Farazdaq, Ibn Katheer, the rulers of Bani Umayyah, the men of the children May God be pleased with them all.