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Yazid ibn Hatim's March to Ifriqiya and His Killing of Abu Khatim

مسير يزيد بن حاتم إلى إفريقية وقتله أبا خاتم

between 767 and 787 CE

Ifriqiya

In al-Baladhuri: after Hazarmard, Yazid ibn Hatim ibn Qubaysa ibn al-Muhallab governed — he went out in fifty thousand, Abu Ja'far al-Mansur escorting him to Bayt al-Maqdis and spending great wealth on him; Yazid marched until he met Abu Khatim at Batr Iblis, killed him, and entered Ifriqiya which settled for him; then Rawh ibn Hatim ruled, then al-Fadl ibn Rawh — the army rose on him and slaughtered him.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Maghreb
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In time

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Umayyad Period

Overview

Al-Baladhuri relates that Yazid ibn Hatim ibn Qabisa ibn al-Muhallab was appointed over Ifriqiya after Hazarmard, and set out with fifty thousand men. Abu Ja'far al-Mansur escorted him as far as Jerusalem and spent a great sum on him. 1

The march

Yazid marched until he met Abu Hatim at Batr Iblis and killed him, and entered Ifriqiya, and matters were set right for him. 1

After him

After him Rawh ibn Hatim was appointed, then al-Fadl ibn Rawh; the troops rose against him and slaughtered him. 1

The date is derived from the succession of governorships and needs an additional source.

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Had participant
Abu Khatim al-Saddrati· al-Fadl ibn Rawh· روح بن حاتم· يزيد بن حاتم المهلبي· Abu Ja'far al-Mansur
Occurred at
Ifriqiya

People and things also explored

The Martyrdom of Umar ibn Hafs and the Ruin of al-Abbasiyya· al-Fadl ibn Rawh· روح بن حاتم· The Entry of Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil into al-Andalus· Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib's Independent Rule of the Maghreb Frontier· Beginning of the codification of knowledge· The Building of the Hashimite City at Kufa· Death of al-Mansur

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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The Martyrdom of Umar ibn Hafs and the Ruin of al-Abbasiyya

In al-Baladhuri: al-Mansur appointed Umar ibn Hafs ibn Uthman ibn Qubaysa ibn Abi Sufra al-Ataki — 'he who captured Hazarmard', whom al-Mansur admired, while elsewhere the text reads 'he appointed Umar ibn Hafs Hazarmard in his place' — he entered Ifriqiya, raided to the farthest Berber lands and built there a city he named al-Abbasiyya; then Abu Khatim al-Saddrati al-Ibadi of Sadrata's people, a mawla of Kinda, fought him and he was martyred with a group of his household, the frontier rebelled, and the city he built was demolished.