Yazid ibn Ziyad

Yazīd ibn Ziyād ibn Abīhi (Arabic: يزيد بن زياد بن أبيه‎) (died 683/84) was a general of the Umayyad Caliphate responsible for the province of Sijistan during the reign of Caliph Yazid I between 680/81 and his death. He was appointed by one of his brothers Ubayd Allah or Salm in 680 or 681 in their capacity as governors of Basra or Khurasan, respectively.[1] While Yazid was posted as amir (overall commander, probably with fiscal and civil responsibilities) of Sijistan, his brother Abu Ubayda was made field commander.[1] In 683/84,[2] the two brothers led an expedition against the Zunbil of Zabulistan and the shahs of Kabul.[1] However, their forces were routed and Yazid was slain, while Abu Ubayda was captured.[1]

References

1. Bosworth 1968, p. 44.
2. Al-Tabari, ed. Howard 1991, p. 185, n. 602.

Bibliography

• Bosworth, C. E. (1968). Sīstān under the Arabs : from the Islamic conquest to the rise of the Ṣaffārids (30-250, 651-864). Rome: Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente.
• Howard, I. K. A., ed. (1990). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XIX: The Caliphate of Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiyah, A.D. 680–683/A.H. 60–64. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0040-1.