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Ziyad ibn Ubayd Allah al-Harithi

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Ziyad ibn Ubayd Allah
زياد بن عبيد الله
al-Harithi
Abbasid governor of Medina and Mecca
In office
750–758
Monarchsal-Saffah,
al-Mansur
Preceded byDawud ibn Ali
Succeeded byMuhammad ibn Khalid
Personal details
Diedc. 760s
Abbasid Caliphate
RelationsRayta bint Ubayd Allah (sister)
Parent
  • Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah al-Harithi (father)

Ziyad ibn Ubayd Allah al-Harithi (Arabic: زياد بن عبيد الله الحارثي) (full name Ziyad ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Madan al-Harithi) 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.

Life

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Ziyad was the son of Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Madan al-Harithi. 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, Dawud ibn Ali al-Hashimi[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 Ubayd Allah, 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

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  1. ^ Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 27: pp. 195-96
  2. ^ Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, p. 413.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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.