Maslama ibn Yahya al-Bajali () was a
Khurasani Arab general and governor of the
Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...
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He was the brother of
Jibril ibn Yahya al-Bajali, who had probably participated in the
Abbasid Revolution
The Abbasid Revolution, also called the Movement of the Men of the Black Raiment, was the overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE), the second of the four major Caliphates in early Islamic history, by the third, the Abbasid Caliphate ...
and hence belonged to the ''khurasaniyya'', the new regime's main power-base. Maslama served with
Salih ibn Ali
Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās () (711–769) was a member of the Banu Abbas who served as general and governor in Syria and Egypt.
Life
Salih and his brother Abd Allah were among the van of the Abbasid forces which ove ...
in Syria against the
Byzantines, and in 789 as governor of
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
for Caliph
Harun al-Rashid
Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi ( ar
, أبو جعفر هارون ابن محمد المهدي) or Harun ibn al-Mahdi (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Harun al-Rashid ( ar, هَارُون الرَشِيد, translit=Hārūn ...
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8th-century births
8th-century Abbasid governors of Egypt
Generals of the Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid governors of Egypt
Abbasid people of the Arab–Byzantine wars
Year of death unknown
8th-century Arab people
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