Musa ibn Ka'b al-Tamimi () was an 8th-century

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commander during the Abbasid Revolution and then provincial governor for the

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Biography

Musa first appears as one of the "twelve '' naqibs''" who prepared the Abbasid Revolution in

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, and served as a commander when the revolt broke out, fighting in the Battle of the Zab. In the retinue of Abdallah ibn Ali he ended up in

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. Abdallah placed him as governor for the

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, where fought against pro-

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rebels under Abu al-Ward. Caliph al-Saffah then appointed him as his '' sahib al-shurta'', before sending him to Sind to overthrow the local governor, Mansur ibn Jumhur, who had seized the province during the turmoils of the previous years. Defeated in battle, Mansur fled to the desert, where he died, and Musa succeeded him as governor. Musa remained in Sind until the death of al-Saffah in 754, whereupon he left Sind under his son Uyayna as deputy and returned to Iraq, resuming his position as ''sahib al-shurta''. In 758 the new caliph,

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, appointed him as governor of

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, but his tenure there was brief, as he died within the same year (758/9). His son Uyayna rebelled in Sind and was killed by local Yamanis.

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* * {{Governor of Egypt during Abbasid Caliphate, state=expanded Date of birth unknown 759 deaths 8th-century Abbasid governors of Egypt Generals of the Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid governors of Sind People of the Abbasid Revolution 8th-century Arab people Banu Tamim