At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Hassan ibn al-Numan al-Ghassani, governor of Ifriqiya in the Umayyad period. He campaigned against al-Kahina, queen of the Berbers, and was defeated by her. He then settled in palaces in the district of Barqa, which were called the Palaces of Hassan. He later campaigned against her a second time and killed her, and took captives from the Berbers and sent them to Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan (Hassan and al-Kahina). 1
Al-Salabi reports that he founded the city of Tunis in 82 AH as a naval military base, by order of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. 2
The same book states that he was given the governorship of Ifriqiya after Abd al-Malik gave him a free hand over the revenues of Egypt, and that he began the campaigns in 74 AH. He followed the policy of Abu al-Muhajir in winning the Berbers over and enlisting them in the army. He set up the register of the soldiers, organised the register of tax, and built the naval dockyard at Tunis. He was removed in 85 AH after a dispute with Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan, governor of Egypt. 3
Hassan ibn al-Numan is another page for the same figure in the museum, and the two pages need to be merged.
Connections
- Participated in
- Hassan ibn al-Nu'man's Campaigns against al-Kahina
People and things also explored
Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan· Al-Kahina, Queen of the Berbers· Barqa (Cyrenaica)· Ifriqiya· Hassan ibn al-Nu'man's Campaigns against al-Kahina
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.20
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.58-63
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Hassan ibn al-Nu'man al-Ghassani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hassan-ibn-al-numan-al-ghassani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.