Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi
Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi | |
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| Deputy governor of Fars | |
| Deputy | to Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad ibn al-Qasim |
| Governor of Yemen | |
| In office 713/714–715 | |
| Monarch | Al-Walid I |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ta'if |
| Died | c. 714/5 |
| Children |
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| Parent(s) | Yusuf ibn Hakam al-Thaqafi (father) al-Fari'a bint Hammam ibn Urwa al-Thaqafi (mother) |
| Relatives | Al-Walid II (grandson) Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (brother) |
Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Abī ʿAqīl al-Thaqafī (
Arabic
: محمد بن يوسف بن الحكم بن
أبي عقيل الثقفي) was a governor of the Umayyad Caliphate in the early 8th century.
The brother of the powerful governor of Iraq, al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Muhammad served under his brother as deputy governor for Fars.[1] He is credited as the founder of the city of Shiraz, which became the capital of Fars, in 693.[2][3] He later served as governor for the Yemen.[1] He died in the latter office in 714/5.[4] His daughter Umm al-Hajjaj married caliph Yazid II (r. 620–624), and their son, al-Walid II (r. 743–744), ruled as the eleventh Umayyad caliph.[5]
References
- ^ a b Crone 1980, p. 135.
- ^ Lambton 1997, p. 472.
- ^ Limbert 2004, p. 4.
- ^ Hinds 1990, p. 222.
- ^ Powers 1989, pp. 89–90.
Sources
- ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
- ISBN 978-0-88706-721-1.
- ISBN 978-90-04-10422-8.
- ISBN 0-295-98391-4.
- Powers, David S., ed. (1989). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXIV: The Empire in Transition: The Caliphates of Sulaymān, ʿUmar, and Yazīd, A.D. 715–724/A.H. 96–105. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0072-2.