Husayn of Zaragoza (in the

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sources ''Al Hossain ibn Yahia al Ansari ibn Saad al Obadi'' and ''Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyà al-Anṣārī'' o ''Al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyà al-Anṣārī'') was a descendant of

Sa'd ibn Ubadah Saad ( ar, سعد , translit=Saʿd) is a common male Arabic given name which means 'friend / companion'. The name stems from the Arabic verb ( 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky'). ''Saad'' is the stem of variant given names Suad and Sa‘id. ...

the companion of

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, and the ''

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'' (governor) of

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

from 774 to 781.

Events during the rule of Husayn

*In 774 Husayn conspired with the

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against the

emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

, proclaiming the rule of the

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Caliphate in Hispania. In response, the emir sent general Abd al-Melek bin Umar, who obtained the allegiance of

Abu Taur of Huesca Abu Tawr () was ''wali'' of Washka, a Muslim nobleman, perhaps member of the Banu Salama ( ar, بني سلمة) clan. Alternatively, it has been suggested that he may be the individual Al-Andalus genealogist Ibn Hazm named as Abu Tawr ibn Qasi, so ...

and the Wali of Tudela, but who was rejected in Zaragoza. *In 777, the Wali of

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Sulayman al-Arabi Sulayman ibn Yaqzan al-Kalbi (al-A'rabi meaning the Bedouin; full name in ar, سليمان بن يقظان الكلبي الأعرابي) was an Arab Wali (governor) of Barcelona and Girona in the year 777. For the history of al-Arabi, we must re ...

(''Sulayman ibn Yaqdhan al-Kalbi'' in the Arabic sources) offered

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his own allegiance and the allegiance of Husayn in

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. But when in 778 Charlemagne arrived in Zaragoza, Husayn denied any promise. As Charlemagne could not take the city, he withdrew after a month, which then led to the

Battle of Roncevaux Pass The Battle of Roncevaux Pass ( French and English spelling, ''Roncesvalles'' in Spanish, ''Orreaga'' in Basque) in 778 saw a large force of Basques ambush a part of Charlemagne's army in Roncevaux Pass, a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees on th ...

. In 780 Husayn had Sulayman al-Arabi killed after he returned to Zaragoza. *In 781 the Emir Abd ar-Rahman I sent general Tsalaba ben Obaid to re-take Zaragoza for the Caliphate. After a long siege, Husayn agreed to a truce. His son, Said bin Husayn, was given to the Emir as a hostage. According to the historian al-Nuwayri, Husayn was killed soon after his surrender. 781 deaths 8th-century people from al-Andalus History of Zaragoza Year of birth unknown Upper March 8th-century Arabs {{Al-Andalus-royal-stub