Topic summary

Sa'id ibn Hisham

HouseMarwanidDynastyUmayyadFatherHishamMotherReligionIslamOccupationUmayyad courtier, politician and Military leaderMilitary careerRelativesAl-Walid II (cousin)
Yazid III (cousin)
Maslama (brother)
Mu'awiya (brother)
Sulayman (brother)
Yazid (brother)AllegianceUmayyad Caliphate
Rank
Commander
Conflicts
Arab–Byzantine wars,
Third Fitna

Saʿīd ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (Arabic: سعيد بن هشام بن عبد الملك) (d. 750) was an Umayyad prince and commander who participated in the Arab–Byzantine wars and the Third Muslim Civil War, often in association with his brother, Sulayman ibn Hisham. For revolting against Caliph Marwan II (r. 744–750), he was imprisoned in 746, and he died trying to escape.