Armies of Umayyad Caliphs Marwan I and Abd al-Malik
Battles/wars
Battle of Marj Rahit
ʿAbbād ibn Ziyād ibn Abīhi (Arabic: عبّاد بن زياد بن أبيه) (died 718/19) was an Arab commander and statesman of the Umayyad Caliphate. A son of the governor of Iraq, Ziyad ibn Abihi, Abbad served as a governor of Sijistan between 673 and 681 under caliphs Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680) and Yazid I (r. 680–683). He led a contingent in the army of Caliph Marwan I (r. 684–685) at the Battle of Marj Rahit and afterward fought against loyalists of al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi during the reign of Caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705). He later served at the court of the latter's son and successor, Caliph al-Walid I (r. 705–715), and played a role in the succession intrigues between al-Walid's son Abd al-Aziz and the caliph's brother, Sulayman.
ʿAbbādibnZiyādibn Abīhi (Arabic: عبّاد بن زياد بن أبيه) (died 718/19) was an Arab commander and statesman of the Umayyad Caliphate. A son of the governor...
al-Mughira Ziyadibn Abihi (Arabic: أبو المغيرة زياد بن أبيه, romanized: Abū al-Mughīra Ziyādibn Abīhi; c. 622–673), also known as Ziyadibn Abi Sufyan...
Abū Ḥarb Salm ibnZiyādibn Abīhi (Arabic: سالم بن زياد) (died late 692) was a general and statesman of the Umayyad Caliphate, who later defected to the...
ibnZiyad al-Harithi 651-653 CE. Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura 653-665 CE. Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakra 671-673 CE. AbbadibnZiyad 673–680/81 CE. Yazid ibn Ziyad...
governor of Sistan in 671 by the governor of Iraq and the eastern Caliphate, Ziyadibn Abihi. During the early reign of Caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705) Ubayd...
Ḥassān ibn Thābit (Arabic: حسان بن ثابت) (born c. 563, Medina died 674) was an Arabian poet and one of the Sahaba, or companions of Muhammad, who was...
Zayd ibn ʿAlī (Arabic: زيد بن علي; 695–740), also spelled Zaid, was the son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, and great-grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib...
Ibn Ṭufayl (full Arabic name: أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الملك بن محمد بن طفيل القيسي الأندلسي ʾAbū Bakr Muḥammad bin ʿAbd al-Malik bin Muḥammad bin Ṭufayl al-Qaysiyy...
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن الصائغ التجيبي بن باجة), best known by his Latinised name...
Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Arabic: أَحْمَد بْن حَنْبَل, romanized: Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal; November 780 – 2 August 855) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian...
Ibn ʿArabī (Arabic: ابن عربي, ALA-LC: Ibn ʻArabī; full name: أبو عبد الله محـمـد بن عربي الطائي الحاتمي, Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʻArabī al-Ṭāʼī al-Ḥātimī;...
expedition that conquered the city was AbbadibnZiyad, who governed Sijistan between 673 and 681. In AD 870, Yaqub ibn Layth Saffari, a local ruler of the...
world. Ibn Taymiyya's full name is Taqī al-Din Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm ibn ʿAbd al-Salām ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Khiḍr ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Khiḍr...
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