Yazid ibn Abi Kabsha al-Saksaki

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

  1. Crone 1980, pp. 95–96.
  2. Crone 1980, p. 96.

Sources

  • Crone, Patricia (1980). Slaves on horses: the evolution of the Islamic polity. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52940-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Preceded by
al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi
Governor of Iraq
714–715
Succeeded by
Yazid ibn al-Muhallab al-Azdi
Preceded by
Muhammad ibn Qasim al-Thaqafi
Governor of Sind
715
Succeeded by
Habib ibn al-Muhallab al-Azdi
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