Umayya ibn Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid

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Umayya ibn Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid
Umayyad governor of Khurasan
In office
693/94–697/98
MonarchAbd al-Malik
Preceded byBukayr ibn Wishah al-Sa’di
Succeeded byAl-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra[note 1]
Personal details
Diedca. 700–705
Al-Sinnabra, Jordan District
SpouseRamla bint Ziyad ibn Abihi[1]
ChildrenAbd Allah
Ziyad
ParentAbdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid

Umayya ibn Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid al-Umawi (

Arabic: أمية بن عبد الله بن خالد بن أسيد, romanized: Umayya ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khālid ibn Asīd; died early 700s) was an Umayyad prince and governor of Khurasan between 692/93 or 694 and 697/98. According to historian Hugh N. Kennedy, Umayya was known to be "easygoing, generous, peace-loving and, his enemies alleged, pompous and effeminate".[2]

Life

Umayya was a son of

Egypt in 685. His son Abd al-Malik reasserted Umayyad rule over Arabia, Iraq and Khurasan between 691 and 692. He appointed Umayya's brother Khalid governor of Basra, while his initial appointee in Khurasan was Bukayr ibn Wisha, a member of the Tamim, an Arab tribe and faction from which many of the Muslim troops of Khurasan hailed.[3]

At the time of the Umayyad restoration, conflict between various factions within the Tamim was rife and left them vulnerable to local powers.[3] Thus, leaders of the troops from Khurasan called on the caliph to appoint a neutral governor to keep order.[4] Abd al-Malik agreed and appointed Umayya in place of Bukayr, either in 691/92, 692/93 or in 693/94.[3] Abd al-Malik held great affection for Umayya, according to 10th-century historian al-Tabari, and proudly remarked that "he [Umayya] is from the same brood as I".[4] Khurasan remained a distinct governorship and included Sijistan (Sistan),[5] to which Umayya appointed his son Abd Allah as lieutenant governor.[6]

Khurasan and Transoxiana
in the 7th/8th centuries

Umayya's principal domestic challenge was reconciling the various factions of Tamim.

Tukharistan, but withdrew the appointment after intrigues by Bahir, who warned Bukayr would use it as an opportunity to rebel against the governor.[5][7] In 696, he charged Bukayr with command of a military campaign against the Bukharans in Transoxiana, but again recanted as a result of Bahir's intrigues.[8] Instead, Umayya personally led the expedition and ordered Bukayr to remain in Merv to assist his son Ziyad, who he had left in charge.[8] Not long after Umayya departed, Bukayr revolted and imprisoned Ziyad.[8] Upon being informed of Bukayr's revolt, Umayya entered a truce with the Bukharans and returned to confront the rebels.[5][9] Umayya defeated Bukayr but spared his life and offered him generous sums in return for his quiescence.[5][10] However, the peace between them was short-lived: Bukayr resumed his intrigues, and Umayya had him summoned and then executed by Bahir.[5]

Another nagging issue for Umayya was subduing

governorship of Iraq under al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.[13] The latter, in turn, appointed al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra as his deputy governor in the province.[14] Umayya later retired to the Jordan district and died in al-Sinnabra before the end of Abd al-Malik's reign in 705.[15] He died in the so-called plague of the maidens, which may have also killed Abd al-Malik.[16]

Notes

  1. ^ Khurasan was attached to the governorship of Iraq under al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, who appointed al-Muhallab as lieutenant governor of Khurasan

References

  1. ^ Fariq 1966, p. 123.
  2. ^ Kennedy 2007, p. 241.
  3. ^ a b c Rowson 1989, pp. 7–8.
  4. ^ a b Rowson 1989, p. 9.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Shaban 1979, p. 45.
  6. ^ Biesterfeldt and Günther, p. 118.
  7. ^ Rowson 1989, p. 165.
  8. ^ a b c Rowson 1989, pp. 166–167.
  9. ^ Rowson 1989, pp. 167–168.
  10. ^ Rowson 1989, pp. 170–171.
  11. ^ Shaban 1979, p. 48.
  12. ^ a b Shaban 1979, pp. 48–49.
  13. ^ Rowson 1989, p. 177.
  14. ^ Rowson 1989, p. 181.
  15. ^ Mayer 1952, p. 185.
  16. ^ Conrad 1981, pp. 55–56

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