Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj

Abu Nu'aym[1] Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj[2] ibn Jafna ibn Qatira al-Sakuni[3] al-Tujibi[4] al-Kindi[5] Arabic: معاوية بن حديج بن جفنة بن قتيرة التجيبي, was a general of the Kindah tribe under Muawiyah I in Ifriqiya. Mu'awiyah ibn Hudayj participated in the Early Muslim conquests against Byzantines in Levant, Sicily and Ifriqiya, and also against Sasanian Empire in the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah.

Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj
Governor of Ifriqiya
In office
c. 665–666
MonarchMuawiyah I
Succeeded byUqba ibn Nafi
Personal details
Diedc. 670
Egypt
Relations
ChildrenAbd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj
Parent
  • Hudayj ibn Jafna (father)
Military service
AllegianceRashidun Caliphate
Muawiyah I
Umayyad Caliphate
Years of service636–661
RankSoldier (636–661)
General (661–665)

Biography

He participated in the Battle of Yarmuk,[6] the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah,[7] and the Battle of Jalula.[8]

According to Ali ibn al-Athir in his Usd al-ghabah fi marifat al-Saḥabah, Mu'awiyah ibn Hudayj participated in the Muslim conquest of North Africa under Abdallah ibn Sa'd against the Berbers.[9] Ibn Hudayj continued to serve under Abdullah ibn Abi Sarh during the siege of Dongola, capital of Makuria kingdom.[10][9] During this battle, Ibn Hudayj lost one of his eye.[10] Later in the year of 44 AH (664-665 AD), Ibn Hudayj launched a sudden attack towards island of Sicily.[11] Ibn Hudayj brought two hundred ships during this invasion which was prepared by his superior, Mu'awiyah.[12] Ibn Hudayj managed to seized massive spoils of war from this campaign, when he returned to Levant in 645 AD.[12] According to Al-Baladhuri, He invaded the island of Sicily on the authority of Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, and the first Muslim commander to infest the island.[13]

After the first invasion, Ibn Hudayj continued to raid the island routinely for the rest of Muslim conquest.[13]

He led 10,000 troops in the area of Sousse (Hadrumetum).[6]

After the Siege of Uthman and Uthman's death, Ibn Hudayj called for retribution.[14] In 658, he killed Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr.

He garrisoned troops in the Kairouan area[15] (654-665) and conducted operations against Hadrumetum in the Tacape (Lesser Syrtis) region. He would conduct raids on Sicily in 44 AH (666).[16] He was made the governor of Barqah (Cyrenaica) in 47 AH (669).[17]

Ibn Taghribirdi, Ibn al-Athir and al-Tabari all record a story that Ibn Hudayj blocked the appointment of Ibn Umm al-Hakam as governor of Egypt in 678, although he was long dead by that time.[3]

See also

References
  1. Also Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, cf. Pellat 1993.
  2. Ibn Khadīj, according to the Jamhara of Ibn al-Kalbī, cf. Pellat 1993.
  3. Pellat 1993.
  4. Usd al-Ghabah 4 / 383
  5. Al-Bidāya wa-n-Nihāya/Part Seven/Then I entered the year thirty-eight
  6. Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa By Walter E. Kaegi, Walter Emil Kaegi. Page 180.
  7. Ṭabarī, ., & Friedmann, Y. (1992). The battle of al-Qādisiyyah and the conquest of Syria and Palestine: A.D. 635-637/A.H. 14-15. Albany: State University of New York Press. Page 12.
  8. L' Afrique vandale et byzantine: Revue internationale d'histoire et d'archéologie (IVe - VIIIe s.). (2002). Turnhout: Brepols. Page 282
  9. Muḥammad Lamīlam 1985, p. 38-39
  10. Akram 1977, p. 206
  11. Akram 1977, p. 201
  12. Ibn al-Dabbaj, al-Khayali & ibn Mahmud 2005, p. 73
  13. al-Afani 2003, p. 423
  14. Ṭabarī, A.-G. M. I.-G., & Yar-Shater, E. (1996). The first civil war. Albany, NY: State Univ. of New York Pr. Page 144
  15. Abun-Nasr, J. M. (1987). A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Page 28
  16. A. I. Akram, The Muslim conquest of Egypt and North Africa. Ferozsons, 1977. Page 201
  17. A. I. Akram. The Muslim conquest of Egypt and North Africa. Ferozsons, 1977. Page 206

Bibliography
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