Ishaq ibn Muslim al-Uqayli
Ishaq ibn Muslim al-Uqayli | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | Umayyad Caliphate Abbasid Caliphate |
| Years of service | ca. 738 – after 750 |
| Wars | Arab–Khazar wars, Third Fitna, Abbasid Revolution |
Ishaq ibn Muslim ibn Rabi'a ibn Asim al-Uqayli was a general and governor for the
Abbasids
.
Origins
Ishaq's grandfather Rabi'a ibn Asim was a
Tigris River.[2]
Military career
Along with his brothers, Abd al-Malik and Isa, Ishaq was one of the commanders of Marwan ibn Muhammad (the future
Adharbayjan and his campaigns against the Khazars.[1] Thus in 738 he defeated the Caucasian prince Tuman Shah and captured his strongholds.[3] In 743/744, he was appointed as commander of Derbent (Bab al-Abwab) and governor of the combined province of Armenia and Adharbayjan, and he accompanied Marwan in 745/746 in the fighting in the Jazira, during the Third Fitna. He then returned to his governorship in Armenia, which he seems to have kept until the end of the Umayyad Caliphate in 749/750.[1]
At that time, following the
Sumaysat, awaiting the Abbasid advance. In the event, a negotiated settlement was reached between Ishaq and Abu Ja'far (the future Caliph al-Mansur), and many of the pro-Umayyad leaders became accepted in the ranks of the Abbasids.[1][4] Thus Ishaq himself became one of the most influential members of al-Mansur's council,[5] and even his brother Bakkar, who participated in the rebellion of Abd Allah ibn Ali in 754, was pardoned again and rehabilitated, going on to govern Arminiya under al-Mansur.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Crone 1980, p. 106.
- ^ Dixon 1969, p. 189.
- ^ Blankinship 1994, p. 174.
- ^ Kennedy 1986, pp. 49–50.
- ^ Kennedy 1986, pp. 57.
Sources
- ISBN 978-0-7914-1827-7.
- ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
- Dixon, 'Abd al-Ameer 'Abd (August 1969). The Umayyad Caliphate 65–86/684–705: A Political Study (Thesis). University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies.
- ISBN 0-7099-3115-8.