Umar ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Ma'mar
Umar ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Ma'mar al-Taymi (died 702 or 703) was a commander of the
Early life
Umar was the son of Ubayd Allah ibn Ma'mar ibn Uthman ibn Amr ibn Ka'b ibn Taym of the
Umar became the leader of the Banu Taym clan in the following years.
Service under the Zubayrids
The Zubayrids' main challenge in Iraq came from the ruler of
Fight against the Kharijites in Iran
Mus'ab appointed Umar the governor of
Governor of Basra
While Mus'ab went on campaign to face the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik, he appointed Umar as his placeholder in Basra.[8] During this time, a pro-Umayyad uprising broke out in the area of Jufra, on the outskirts of Basra, led by an Umayyad family member, Khalid ibn Abd Allah ibn Khalid ibn Asid. The fighting lasted twenty-four or forty days, during which Umar was reinforced by men sent by Mus'ab. The uprising ended with the withdrawal of Khalid to Syria and the punishment of the pro-Umayyad tribal soldiers who remained in Basra by Mus'ab's order.[9] Abd al-Malik defeated Mus'ab in 691 and the Umayyads killed Ibn al-Zubayr in Mecca the following year, bringing most of the Caliphate under their rule.
Service under the Umayyads
Suppression of the Kharijites in Arabia
Abd al-Malik pardoned Umar for his service with the Zubayrids.[10] Umar thereafter became a close ally of Abd al-Malik.[4] Abd al-Malik appointed Umar to lead a campaign against Abu Fudayk, the leader of the Kharijite Najdat faction which had taken over eastern Arabia during the civil war. Abu Fudayk had repulsed two armies previously dispatched by Mus'ab. The Umayyad governor of Basra, Khalid, who had led the pro-Umayyad revolt at Jufra, sent his brother Umayya with an army against Abu Fudayk. The latter routed this force, humiliating Umayya and Khalid.[11]
Abd al-Malik guaranteed Umar that the governors of Kufa and Basra, from which he had to levy troops, would not infringe on his command. Umar departed Damascus with 3,000 Syrian soldiers.[12] On the way, he recruited 8,000 fighters from Kufa, who he put under Muhammad ibn Musa, a grandson of Talha, and another 10,000 from Basra, who he put under the command of his Muhammad's brother.[12][13] Umar marched his army to Bahrayn and confronted Abu Fudayk, whose Kharijite force was bolstered by Bedouin warriors.[14] The two sides fought for five days at al-Mushaqqar. Abu Fudayk gained an early advantage, but due to the "courage and skill" of Umar, according to the historian A. A. Dixon, the Umayyad force defeated and killed Abu Fudayk. Umar had his men pursued and most of the non-Arabs in their ranks killed, while captured Arabs were freed. His victory spelled the end of the Najdat.[12] Umar was afterward appointed governor of Bahrayn.[10]
Death
Umar died near Damascus in 702 or 703.[15][10] He had been on his way to intercede with Abd al-Malik to spare his nephew punishment by the Umayyad governor of Iraq, al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, for joining the wide-scale revolt of the Kufan nobleman Ibn al-Ash'ath.[10]
Family
While he was in Kufa levying troops for his campaign in Bahrayn, Umar was wed to
References
- ^ Ahmed 2010, pp. 81–82.
- ^ a b Lecker 2000, p. 401.
- ^ a b Lecker 1995, p. 79.
- ^ a b Ahmed 2010, p. 97, note 488.
- ^ Dixon 1971, p. 142.
- ^ Fishbein 1990, p. 123.
- ^ Fishbein 1990, pp. 123–124.
- ^ Dixon 1971, pp. 232–233.
- ^ Dixon 1971, pp. 233–234.
- ^ a b c d e Lecker 1995, p. 81.
- ^ Dixon 1971, pp. 304–305.
- ^ a b c Dixon 1971, p. 307.
- ^ Ahmed 2010, p. 98.
- ^ Dixon 1971, pp. 307–308.
- ^ [[#CITEREF|]], p. 803, note 1126.
- ^ Ahmed 2010, p. 97.
- ^ Ahmed 2010, p. 100.
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- Dixon, 'Abd al-Ameer (1971). The Umayyad Caliphate, 65–86/684–705: (A Political Study). London: Luzac. ISBN 978-0718901493.
- Fishbein, Michael, ed. (1990). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXI: The Victory of the Marwānids, A.D. 685–693/A.H. 66–73. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0221-4.
- Lecker, Michael (1995). "Biographical Notes on Abū 'Ubayda Maʿmar b. al-Muthannā". Studia Islamica. 81: 71–100.
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- Smith, G. Rex, ed. (1994). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XIV: The Conquest of Iran, A.D. 641–643/A.H. 21–23. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-1293-0.