yazid, kabsha, saksaki, arabic, يزيد, بن, أبي, كبشة, السكسكي, arab, military, commander, provincial, governor, umayyad, caliphate, umayyad, sahib, shurtamonarchabd, malikumayyad, governor, iraqin, office, 715monarchal, walid, ipreceded, byal, hajjaj, yusuf, th. Yazid ibn Abi Kabsha al Saksaki Arabic يزيد بن أبي كبشة السكسكي was an Arab military commander and provincial governor for the Umayyad Caliphate Yazid ibn Abi Kabsha al SaksakiUmayyad Sahib al ShurtaMonarchAbd al MalikUmayyad Governor of IraqIn office 714 715MonarchAl Walid IPreceded byAl Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al ThaqafiSucceeded byYazid ibn al MuhallabUmayyad Governor of SindIn office 715 715MonarchSulaymanPreceded byMuhammad ibn Qasim al ThaqafiSucceeded byHabib ibn al Muhallab al AzdiPersonal detailsDied715SindParentHaywil ibn YasarRelativesZiyad brother Sari ibn Ziyad nephew Military serviceRankCommanderBattles warsCampaign against the Kharijites 698 Campaign against the Byzantine Empire 712 3 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 edit Crone 1980 pp 95 96 a b c d Crone 1980 p 96 Sources editCrone Patricia 1980 Slaves on horses the evolution of the Islamic polity Cambridge and New York Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 52940 9 Preceded byal Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al Thaqafi Governor of Iraq714 715 Succeeded byYazid ibn al Muhallab al Azdi Preceded byMuhammad ibn Qasim al Thaqafi Governor of Sind715 Succeeded byHabib ibn al Muhallab al Azdi Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yazid ibn Abi Kabsha al Saksaki amp oldid 1194305191, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
