Muhammad ibn Nafi ( ar, محمد بن نافع) was a ninth century governor of the Yemen for the Abbasid Caliphate. Muhammad was appointed to Sana'a by the caliph

al-Ma'mun Abu al-Abbas Abdallah ibn Harun al-Rashid ( ar, أبو العباس عبد الله بن هارون الرشيد, Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hārūn ar-Rashīd; 14 September 786 – 9 August 833), better known by his regnal name Al-Ma'mu ...

(r. 813–833) in an attempt to conciliate the Yemenis, who had become disorderly under the previous governor

Ishaq ibn al-Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Hashimi Ishaq ibn al-Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Hashimi ( ar, إسحاق بن العباس بن محمد الهاشمي) was a ninth century Abbasid personage, provincial governor and military commander. He was twice appointed as governor of the Yemen, in 824 ...

. Despite this, he was soon faced with the rebellion of one Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Umari, nicknamed Ahmar al-Ayn (the Red-Eyed One), in the central highlands, and he was eventually driven out of the province by the rebel. During his governorship,

al-Jawf Al Jawf or Al Jouf ( ' ) may refer to: * Al Jawf Region, a region of Saudi Arabia ** Dumat al-Jandal, Al-Jawf or Al-Jouf, the ruined former capital city of Al Jawf Region ** Sakakah, the capital city of Al Jawf Region * Al Jawf Governorate, a gov ...

was separately administered by the

Hamdani Hamdani or al-Hamdani ( ar, حمداني), ( ar, همداني) may refer to: People with the surname * Harith al-Hamdani (), contemporary of Muhammad * Saeed Ibn Qais Hamdani (), Tabi‘un hermit * Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani (893–945), A ...

chief Malik ibn Luqman al-Arhabi.; ; .

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* * * {{Authority control Abbasid governors of Yemen 9th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate 9th-century Arabs 9th century in Yemen