Humayd ibn Qahtaba
{{Short description|8th-century Abbasid military leader and governor}}
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| name = Humayd ibn Qahtaba
حميد بن قحطبة
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| office1 = Governor of Jazira
| term_start1 = 754
| term_end1 = 755
| monarch1 = al-Mansur
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| office2 = Governor of Egypt
| term_start2 = 760
| term_end2 = 762
| monarch2 = al-Mansur
| predecessor2 = Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i
| successor2 = Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi
| office3 = Governor of Arminiyah
| term_start3 = 766
| term_end3 = 768
| monarch3 = al-Mansur
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| office4 = Governor of Khorasan
| term_start4 = 768
| term_end4 = 776
| monarch4 = al-Mansur,
al-Mahdi
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| birth_place = Umayyad Caliphate
| death_date = 776
| death_place = Khorasan, Abbasid Caliphate
| death_cause = illness (natural)
| children = Abdallah ibn Humayd ibn Qahtaba
| father = Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i
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| allegiance = Abbasid Caliphate
| branch = Abbasid Army
| rank = Military officer
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Humayd ibn Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i ({{Langx|ar|حميد بن قحطبة}}) was a senior military leader in the early Abbasid Caliphate.
Biography
Humayd was the son of Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, who along with Abu Muslim led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad Caliphate. Along with his brother Hasan, Humayd was active in the Abbasid cause in Khurasan during the years before the Revolution, serving as a deputy naqib.Crone (1980), p. 188
After the Revolution, Humayd attached himself to the governor of Syria, Abdallah ibn Ali, and even joined him when he rebelled against the Caliph al-Mansur (r. 754–775) in 754. He soon regretted his decision, however, and escaped Abdallah's camp before his final defeat.Kennedy (1986), p. 80 Nevertheless, he was soon entrusted with governorships by Mansur, first in the Jazira (754/55), where he faced a determined Kharijite rebellion, and then in Egypt (759/61). In 762/63 he served under Isa ibn Musa in the suppression of the rebellion of Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya. Three years later, he was appointed to Armenia, and in 768, he was named governor of Khurasan, a post he kept until his death in 776. He was briefly succeeded by his son, Abdallah, who later played a prominent role in the civil war of the Fourth Fitna.Crone (1980), pp. 188–189 As with most of the old Abbasid families, they lost power, although not their wealth, after the triumph of al-Ma'mun in the civil war.
See also
References
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Sources
- {{Slaves on Horses}}
- {{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Hugh|authorlink=Hugh N. Kennedy|title=The Early Abbasid Caliphate: A Political History|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1986|isbn=0-7099-3115-8}}
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{{Governor of Egypt during Abbasid Caliphate|state=expanded}}
Category:8th-century Abbasid governors of Egypt
Category:Generals of the Abbasid Caliphate
Category:Governors of the Abbasid Caliphate
Category:Upper Mesopotamia under the Abbasid Caliphate
Category:Abbasid governors of Khurasan