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The Killing of Yazid ibn Abi Muslim in His Prayer-Place

قتل يزيد بن أبي مسلم بمصلاه

c. 102 AH

Ifriqiya

In al-Baladhuri: when Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik ruled he gave Yazid ibn Abi Muslim — al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf's mawla — Ifriqiya and the Maghreb; he came to Ifriqiya in year 102, his guard being Berbers, and he branded on each man's hand 'my guard' — so they blackened his path, whispered one to another, and conspired to kill him: he went out one evening for maghrib prayer and they killed him in his prayer-place. Yazid then gave it to Bishr ibn Safwan al-Kalbi, who struck off the neck of Abdallah ibn Musa ibn Nusayr — he being accused of the killing and of stirring the people against him.

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Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Maghreb
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Overview

Al-Baladhuri relates that Yazid ibn Abi Muslim, client of al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, was appointed by Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik over Ifriqiya and the Maghrib. He reached Ifriqiya in 102 AH, and his guard was made up of Berbers. 1

The killing

Al-Baladhuri says that he branded each of them on the hand with the word "my guard". His conduct became hateful to them, they spoke to one another and agreed to kill him. He went out one evening for the sunset prayer, and they killed him at his prayer place. 1

Afterwards

Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik appointed Bishr ibn Safwan al-Kalbi, who struck the neck of Abd Allah ibn Musa ibn Nusayr, because he was accused of having killed him and of stirring up the people against him. 1

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Had participant
Abdallah ibn Musa ibn Nusayr· بشر بن صفوان الكلبي· يزيد بن أبي مسلم· The Berbers
Occurred at
Ifriqiya

People and things also explored

Isma'il ibn Abdallah and Umar II's Mission to the Berbers· Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib's Independent Rule of the Maghreb Frontier· The First Raid on Ifriqiya and the Killing of Its Patrikios· The Founding of Qayrawan· Hassan ibn al-Nu'man's Campaigns against al-Kahina· The First Entry of the Arab Tribes into Ifriqiya· Harun's Appointment of Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab over the Maghreb· Ifriqiya's rising and reconquest (27 AH)

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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