Maslama ibn Yahya al-Bajali

Maslama ibn Yahya al-Bajali (Arabic: مسلمة بن يحيى البجلي) was a Khurasani Arab general and governor of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Maslama ibn Yahya al-Bajali
مسلمة بن يحيى البجلي‎
Abbasid Governor of Egypt
In office
February 789  December 789
MonarchHarun al-Rashid
Preceded byMusa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Hashimi
Succeeded byMuhammad ibn Zuhayr al-Azdi
Personal details
DiedAbbasid Caliphate
Parent
  • Yahya al-Bajali (father)

He was the brother of Jibril ibn Yahya al-Bajali, who had probably participated in the Abbasid Revolution and hence belonged to the khurasaniyya, the new regime's main power-base. Maslama served with Salih ibn Ali in Syria against the Byzantines, and in 789 as governor of Egypt for Caliph Harun al-Rashid.

Sources

  • Crone, Patricia (1980). Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 179. ISBN 0-521-52940-9.


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