() was a governor of the
Umayyad Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by th ...
in the early 8th century.
The brother of the powerful
governor of Iraq,
al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Muhammad served under his brother as deputy governor for
Fars. He is credited as the founder of the city of
Shiraz
Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 p ...
, which became the capital of Fars, in 693. He later served as governor for the
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
. He died in the latter office in 714/5. His daughter Umm al-Hajjaj married caliph
Yazid II
Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik ( ar, يزيد بن عبد الملك, Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; — 28 January 724), also referred to as Yazid II, was the ninth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 9 February 720 until his death in 724.
Early life
Yazid was b ...
(), and their son,
al-Walid II (), ruled as the eleventh Umayyad caliph.
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* {{The History of al-Tabari , volume = 24 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kIKGclA7YykC
7th-century births
715 deaths
8th-century Arabs
City founders
Banu Thaqif
Shiraz
Umayyad governors of Yemen
8th century in Yemen