Al-Walid ibn Hisham al-Mu'ayti
Al-Walid ibn Hisham al-Mu'ayti | |
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| Governor of Jund Qinnasrin | |
| Monarch | Umar II |
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| Relations |
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| Parent | Hisham ibn al-Walid ibn Uqba |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Umayyad Caliphate |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles/wars | Arab–Byzantine wars |
Al-Walīd ibn Hishām ibn al-Walīd ibn ʿUqba al-Muʿayṭī (Arabic: الوليد بن هشام بن الوليد بن عقبة المعيطي) (fl. 712/13 – c. 720) was a member of the Umayyad dynasty, a commander in the Arab–Byzantine wars and the governor of Jund Qinnasrin (northern Syria) under Caliph Umar II (r. 717–720)
Life
[edit]Al-Walid ibn Hisham was the grandson of al-Walid ibn Uqba from the Abu Mu'ayt line of the Umayyad clan. In 712/13 he led a raid into Byzantine territory as far as the fortress of Gazelon (called Ghazala by the Arabs) near Amasya in northern Anatolia.[1] According to al-Waqidi, al-Walid alongside Amr ibn Qays al-Kindi led a further expedition against the Byzantines in 716/17, in the course of which several Arab troops from the army of Antioch were slain.[2] He reached as far as the outskirts of Constantinople, where he killed a number of the inhabitants and took several captives.[2] This was during the initial stages of the great Umayyad assault on Constantinople, led by Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik.[3]
Caliph Umar II appointed him the governor of Jund Qinnasrin,[4] and in 718/19 dispatched him to lead the summer campaign against the Byzantines alongside Amr ibn Qays al-Kindi from Jund Hims.[5]
See also
[edit]- Aban ibn al-Walid ibn Uqba, uncle
References
[edit]- ^ Hinds 1990, p. 205.
- ^ a b Powers 1989, p. 42.
- ^ Powers 1989, pp. 39–41.
- ^ Crone 1980, p. 127.
- ^ Powers 1989, p. 79.
Bibliography
[edit]- Crone, Patricia (1980). Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
- Hinds, Martin, ed. (1990). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXIII: The Zenith of the Marwānid House: The Last Years of ʿAbd al-Malik and the Caliphate of al-Walīd, A.D. 700–715/A.H. 81–95. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-721-1.
- Powers, David S., ed. (1989). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXIV: The Empire in Transition: The Caliphates of Sulaymān, ʿUmar, and Yazīd, A.D. 715–724/A.H. 96–105. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0072-2.