Abu Hafsa Yazid
Abu Hafsa Yazid (
Arabic: ابو حفص يزيد, romanized: Abū Ḥafṣa Yazīd) was a mawla, or servant, of the Umayyad Caliph Marwan ibn al-Hakkam (r. 684–685).[1] Yazid's full name is not known; Abu Hafsa means "father of Hafsa" (an Arabic kunya
).
Abu Hafsa Yazid's origins are unclear; he may have been either
Uthman ibn Affan (17 June 656). Sources vary as to whether Abu Hafsa Yazid converted to Islam or retained his Jewish faith.[1]
Marwan assigned Yazid to posts including taxation in
amir of al-Yamama, and among their descendants were several prominent poets of the early Islamic period, including Marwan ibn Abi Hafsa and Marwan ibn Abi al-Janub.[2][3]
Abu Hafsa Yazid is sometimes described as
Arab historians, as he is not called a physician in the earliest texts.[5]
References
- ^ a b Ibn Khallikan (1868). Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 3. Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. pp. 343–347. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ ISBN 978-90-04-08112-3.
- ISBN 0-415-18572-6. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ Landman, Isaac (1942). Simon Cohen (ed.). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Inc. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ Siddiqi, Muḥammad Zubair (1959). Studies in Arabic and Persian Medical Literature. Calcutta University. pp. 6, 8. Retrieved 2011-12-12.