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Yazid ibn Abi Kabsha al-Saksaki

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Yazid ibn Abi Kabsha al-Saksaki
Umayyad Sahib al-Shurta
MonarchAbd al-Malik
Umayyad Governor of Iraq
In office
714–715
MonarchAl-Walid I
Preceded byAl-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi
Succeeded byYazid ibn al-Muhallab
Umayyad Governor of Sind
In office
18 July 715 – 715
MonarchSulayman
Preceded byMuhammad ibn Qasim al-Thaqafi
Succeeded byHabib ibn al-Muhallab al-Azdi
Personal details
Died715
Sind
ParentHaywil ibn Yasar
Relatives
  • Ziyad (brother)
  • Sari ibn Ziyad (nephew)
Military service
RankCommander
Battles/wars

Yazid ibn Abi Kabsha al-Saksaki (Arabic: يزيد بن أبي كبشة السكسكي) was an Arab military commander and provincial governor for the Umayyad Caliphate.

He was the son of Haywil ibn Yasar, surnamed Abu Kabsha, a member of the Syrian tribal nobility and an adherent of the Umayyads during the Second Fitna.[1] Yazid served as sahib al-shurta for Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (r. 685–705), campaigned against the Kharijites in Iraq in 698, and was appointed by the governor of Iraq, al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, as head of his shurta in Wasit.[2] In 712/3 he led a campaign against the Byzantine Empire, and after the death of Hajjaj in 714, he succeeded him briefly as governor of Iraq.[2] Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 715–717) then sent him to Sind, where he dismissed and imprisoned the incumbent governor, Muhammad ibn Qasim. Yazid died in Sind shortly after his arrival there.[2]

He had a brother Ziyad, of whom nothing is known, but his nephew Sari ibn Ziyad was among the pro-Yemeni leaders during the Third Fitna.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Crone 1980, pp. 95–96.
  2. ^ a b c d Crone 1980, p. 96.

Sources

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  • Crone, Patricia (1980). Slaves on horses: the evolution of the Islamic polity. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
Preceded by Governor of Iraq
714–715
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Sind
715
Succeeded by