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Bishr ibn Safwan al-Kalbi, governor of Ifriqiya. Al-Baladhuri relates that Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik appointed him over Ifriqiya after the killing of Yazid ibn Abi Muslim. He struck the neck of Abd Allah ibn Musa ibn Nusayr, who was accused of his killing and of stirring the people against him. Then Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik kept him on, and he died in Kairouan in 109 AH. In one copy of the book the name is "Bisr" in place of "Bishr". 1
Al-Salabi's book says that he was governor of Ifriqiya at the beginning of Hisham's caliphate, and that before his death he appointed Nafash ibn Qurt al-Kalbi as his deputy. 2
Connections
- Participated in
- The Killing of Yazid ibn Abi Muslim in His Prayer-Place
- Sibling of
- حنظلة بن صفوان الكلبي
People and things also explored
Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib's Independent Rule of the Maghreb Frontier· The Berbers· Abdallah ibn Musa ibn Nusayr· يزيد بن أبي مسلم· Ifriqiya· The Killing of Yazid ibn Abi Muslim in His Prayer-Place· حنظلة بن صفوان الكلبي
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.324
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.485
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islam.museum contributors. “بشر بن صفوان الكلبي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/bishr-ibn-safwan-al-kalbi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.