Abd al-Rahman ibn Utba al-Fihri
Abd al-Rahman ibn Utba al-Fihri | |
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Governor of Egypt | |
In office 684 – 684 (less than a year) | |
Preceded by | Sa'id ibn Yazid ibn Alqama al-Azdi |
Succeeded by | Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan |
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Utba al-Fihri, also known as Ibn Jahdam[citation needed], was the governor of Egypt for the rival caliph Ibn al-Zubayr in 684, during the Second Fitna.
Egypt's Kharijites proclaimed themselves for Ibn al-Zubayr when he proclaimed himself Caliph at Mecca, and Ibn al-Zubayr dispatched Abd al-Rahman ibn Utba al-Fihri to become the province's governor. Although the incumbent governor, Sa'id ibn Yazid, gave way, the resident Arab elites of the province barely tolerated his presence, and began contacts with the Umayyad caliph Marwan I in Damascus. These contacts encouraged Marwan to march against Egypt, where Abd al-Rahman vainly tried to muster a defence. Although he fortified the capital, Fustat, an army he sent to stop the Umayyad advance at Ayla melted away and his fleet was wrecked by storms. Marwan entered Egypt unopposed, and after a couple of days of clashes before Fustat, the city's nobles surrendered it to him. Abd al-Rahman was allowed to leave Egypt with his possessions.[1]
References
- ^ Kennedy 1998, p. 70.
Sources
- Kennedy, Hugh (1998). "Egypt as a province in the Islamic caliphate, 641–868". In Petry, Carl F. (ed.). Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume One: Islamic Egypt, 640–1517. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 62–85. ISBN 0-521-47137-0.
Preceded by | Governor of Egypt 684 | Succeeded by |
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- Maslama ibn Mukhallad al-Ansari
- Muhammad ibn Maslama
- Sa'id ibn Yazid ibn Alqama al-Azdi
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- Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam
- Qurra ibn Sharik al-Absi
- Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi
- Ayyub ibn Sharhabil
- Bishr ibn Safwan al-Kalbi
- Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi
- Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
- Al-Hurr ibn Yusuf
- Hafs ibn al-Walid ibn Yusuf al-Hadrami
- Al-Walid ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Fahmi
- Hafs ibn al-Walid ibn Yusuf al-Hadrami
- Hassan ibn Atahiya
- al-Hawthala ibn Suhayl al-Bahili
- Al-Mughira ibn Ubaydallah al-Fazari
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