Yusuf ibn Umar al-Thaqafi
Yusuf ibn Umar al-Thaqafi (
governor of Iraq in 738–744 deepened the Qays–Yaman rivalry and were one of the main factors in the outbreak of the civil war of the Third Fitna
, during which he was executed.
Biography
A member of the
Kharijite rebellion, killing its leader, Abbad al-Ru'yani.[1][2] According to one tradition, he was responsible for the death of the traditionist Wahb ibn Munabbih during his tenure there.[1] His brother Qasim also served as governor of the Yemen in the 740s.[3]
In 738, Caliph
Alid Zayd ibn Ali in 740 at Kufa.[1] Not coincidentally, Yusuf's residence during this tenure was al-Hira rather than Kufa, which was until then the usual residence of the governor.[1]
Himself a "fanatical
Mansur ibn Jumhur to replace Yusuf in Iraq. Yusuf fled to the Balqa, but was soon captured and imprisoned in Damascus along with al-Walid II's sons. As the civil war widened and the pro-Qays Marwan II advanced on the city, Yusuf and al-Walid's sons were killed (late 744 or early 745) by Khalid al-Qasri's son Yazid, on the orders of Sulayman ibn Hisham.[9][10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Hawting 2000, p. 431.
- ^ Blankinship 1989, p. 24.
- ^ Crone 1980, p. 152.
- ^ Crone 1980, p. 102.
- ^ Hawting 2000b, pp. 82–83.
- ^ Blankinship 1989, p. xvii.
- ^ Hawting 2000b, pp. 82, 93.
- ^ Hawting 2000b, pp. 93–94.
- ^ Hawting 2000, pp. 431–432.
- ^ Hawting 2000b, p. 97.
Sources
- ISBN 978-0-88706-569-9.
- ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
- ISBN 978-90-04-11211-7.
- ISBN 0-415-24072-7.
