At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
Umar ibn Hafs ibn Uthman ibn Qabisa ibn Abi Safra al-Ataki, al-Mansur's governor over Ifriqiya, was killed by the Ibadi Abu Hatim, and the city of al-Abbasiyya that he had built was destroyed. 1
Appointment
Al-Baladhuri says that al-Mansur appointed Umar ibn Hafs, who had taken Hazarmard captive, and al-Mansur admired him. He entered Ifriqiya and campaigned as far as the furthest land of the Berbers, and built a city that he called al-Abbasiyya. 1
The killing
He was fought by Abu Hatim al-Saddrati, an Ibadi, client of Kinda. Umar was killed with a group of his household, the frontier revolted, and the city was destroyed. 1
The date is approximately between 759 and 767 CE, and is derived.
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu Khatim al-Saddrati· عمر بن حفص هزارمرد
- Occurred at
- Ifriqiya
People and things also explored
Yazid ibn Hatim's March to Ifriqiya and His Killing of Abu Khatim· 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· Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi's Sind· Harun's Appointment of Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab over the Maghreb
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Martyrdom of Umar ibn Hafs and the Ruin of al-Abbasiyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/martyrdom-of-umar-ibn-hafs/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.