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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.




Life


Ziyad was the son of Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Madan al-Harithi. His sister, Rayta bint Ubayd Allah was married to Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hashimi who was the father of the first Abbasid caliph al-Saffah.
Al-Saffah appointed his paternal uncle, Dawud ibn Ali al-Hashimi as the first governor of Medina and Mecca in 750, however he died in office that same year. Al-Saffah then appointed Ziyad ibn Ubayd Allah, his maternal uncle as governor in 750. He remained in the office throughout the reign of his nephew al-Saffah.
He was dismissed by al-Mansur (brother and successor of al-Saffah) in 758.
Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn Abd Allah al-Qasri was appointed by the caliph al-Mansur.




Sources



Crone, Patricia (1980). Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
Khalifah ibn Khayyat (1985). al-Umari, Akram Diya' (ed.). Tarikh Khalifah ibn Khayyat (in Arabic) (3rd ed.). Al-Riyadh: Dar Taybah.
Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. (1985–2007). The History of al-Ṭabarī (40 vols). SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7249-1.

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• Tribes of Yemen
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