Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid | |
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عبد الله إبن خالد إبن أسيد | |
Umayyad governor of Kufa | |
In office 673–675 | |
Monarch | Mu'awiya I |
Preceded by | Ziyad ibn Abihi |
Succeeded by | Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri |
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Born | ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khālid ibn Asīd |
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Relations | Attab ibn Asid (uncle) |
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Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid ( Arabic: عبد الله إبن خالد إبن أسيد, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khālid ibn Asīd) was a member of the Umayyad dynasty and governor of Kufa in 673–675 during the reign of Caliph Mu'awiya I. [1]
Abdallah's father, Khalid ibn Asid, embraced Islam during the conquest of Mecca in 629 and was killed fighting rebel Arab tribes at the Battle of Yamama in 633, during the Ridda wars. [2] Abdallah was appointed the lieutenant governor of Fars or its Ardashir-Khwarrah district by Ziyad ibn Abih, Caliph Mu'awiya's practical viceroy of Iraq and the eastern Caliphate. [3] He gained Ziyad's confidence and before Ziyad's death in 673, Abdallah was appointed his lieutenant governor in Kufa. [3] He led the funeral prayers for Ziyad and continued as Mu'awiya's governor of Kufa until 675. [3] One of Abdallah's sons, Umayya, was married to Ziyad's daughter Ramla. [3]
Abdallah married two daughters of Caliph Uthman ( r. 644–656), Umm Khalid and Umm Sa'id, though not concurrently. [1] He married off one of his daughters to a grandson of Uthman, Abdallah ibn Amr, who became the parents of four sons and two daughters, one of whom, Umm Abdallah, married Caliph al-Walid I ( r. 705–715) and bore him his son Abd al-Rahman. [1] Another of his daughters, Umm al-Julas, was married to al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, the practical viceroy of Iraq and the eastern Caliphate for caliphs Abd al-Malik ( r. 685–705) and al-Walid I. [4] Abdallah's sons Khalid, Abd al-Rahman and Abd al-Aziz served terms as governors of Mecca under later Umayyad caliphs. Khalid also served as governor of Basra and Umayya served as governor of Khurasan.