Ziyad ibn Ubaydallah al-Harthi
Ziyad ibn Ubaydallah al-Harthi (Arabic: زياد بن عبيد الله الحارثي) (full name Ziyad ibn Ubaydallah ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Madan al-Harthi) was an eighth century Abbasid governor of Medina and Mecca from 750 to 758 for the Abbasid Caliphate. He was the second Abbasid Caliphal governor of Medina and Mecca.
Ziyad ibn Ubaydallah زياد بن عبيد الله al-Harthi | |
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| Abbasid governor of Medina and Mecca | |
| In office 750–758 | |
| Monarchs | al-Saffah, al-Mansur |
| Preceded by | Dawud ibn Ali |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad ibn Khalid |
| Personal details | |
| Died | c. 760s Abbasid Caliphate |
| Relations | Rayta bint Ubaydallah (sister) |
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Life
Ziyad was the son of Ubaydallah ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Madan al-Harthi. His sister, Rayta bint Ubayd Allah was married to Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hashimi who was the father of the first Abbasid caliph al-Saffah.
Al-Saffah appointed his paternal uncle[1][2] as the first governor of Medina and Mecca in 750, however he died in office that same year. Al-Saffah then appointed Ziyad ibn Ubaydallah, his maternal uncle[3] as governor in 750. He remained in the office throughout the reign of his nephew al-Saffah.
He was dismissed by al-Mansur (brother and successor of al-Saffah) in 758. Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn Abd Allah al-Qasri was appointed by the caliph al-Mansur[4]
Sources
- Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 27: pp. 195-96
- Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, p. 413.
- Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 27: pp. 196-97, 204, 208; v. 28: pp. 6, 46, 53, 58, 61, 74-75; Crone 1980, p. 149; Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, pp. 413, 430
- Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 28: pp. 74-75, 81; Crone 1980, p. 103; Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, p. 430.
- Crone, Patricia (1980). Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
- Khalifah ibn Khayyat (1985). al-Umari, Akram Diya' (ed.). Tarikh Khalifah ibn Khayyat (in Arabic) (3rd ed.). Al-Riyadh: Dar Taybah.
- Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. (1985–2007). The History of al-Ṭabarī (40 vols). SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7249-1.