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Ubayd Allah was the son of Ziyad ibn Abihi whose tribal origins were obscure; while his mother was a Persian concubine named Murjanah. [1] Ziyad served as the Umayyad governor of Iraq and the lands east of that province, collectively known as Khurasan, during the reign of Caliph Mu'awiya I (r.
Ziyad ibn Ubayd Allah al-Harithi (Arabic: زياد بن عبيد الله الحارثي) (full name Ziyad ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Madan al-Harithi) was an eighth century Abbasid governor of Medina and Mecca from 750 to 758 for the Abbasid Caliphate. He was the second Abbasid Caliphal governor of Medina and Mecca.
Ubayd Allah (Arabic: عبيد الله), also spelled or transliterated Obaidullah, Obaydullah, Obeidallah, or Ubaydullah, is a male Arabic given name that means "little servant of God". Given name [ edit ]
Thus under the threat of bloodshed and violence from the Umayyad dynasty, the Kufans lapsed. Moreover, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad ordered Muslim ibn Aqil to be violently killed shortly after. [25] This raises the desperation of al-Husayn's situation even further. The truth of Kufan desertion and failed allegiance is now a reality.
Unfortunately my husband Harith is working for Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. He is out at the moment. You can rest in the spare room but make no noise otherwise when he comes back, he will find out you are here". [2] The children said their prayers and went to sleep. In the evening, Muhammad woke up and started crying. Ibrahim asked him why he was crying.
Ziyad died near Kufa in 673, but his sons Ubayd Allah, Abd al-Rahman, Salm, Abbad and Yazid went on to hold posts as governors or deputy governors of Iraq, Khurasan and Sijistan. Ziyad was the subject of early Arabic biographies and is remembered in Arab history as one of the four great wise men of his era and as a highly skilled administrator ...
Amr ibn Hurayth ibn Amr ibn Uthman al-Makhzumi (Arabic: عمرو بن حريث بن عمرو بن عثمان, romanized: ʿAmr ibn Ḥurayth ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān; died 705) was a prominent member of the Quraysh in Kufa and the deputy governor of the city under the Umayyad governors of Iraq Ziyad ibn Abihi (670–673), Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (675–683) and Bishr ibn Marwan (692–694).
In the uprising of the people of Kufa against Ubayd Allahibn Ziyad, Muslimibn Aqil assigned Abu Thumama as the commander of the Tamim and Hamdan tribes. Adopting the policy of bribing and terrifying the heads of important tribes, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad dispersed people from around Muslim ibn Aqil and killed him.