At a glance
- Roles
- governor
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Husayn ibn Yahya al-Ansari, governor of Saragossa. He took part in the Pact of Paderborn. 2
The conspiracy
In 157 AH he conspired with Sulayman ibn Yaqzan al-A'rabi, governor of Barcelona and Girona, and Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Saqlabi, to depose Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil. Taqqush reports that the caliph al-Mahdi encouraged them, and he agreed to the plan of making contact with Charlemagne. 2
The return
When the Carolingian armies gathered before Saragossa, he refused to carry on with the conspiracy, and closed the city gates against the Carolingian forces. Taqqush holds that the conspirators then realised how grave their error was. 2
Connections
- Participated in
- The Paderborn Plot and Charlemagne's Campaign against al-Andalus
People and things also explored
Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri· Qarla ibn Tabin· سليمان بن يقظان الأعرابي الكلبي· The Paderborn Plot and Charlemagne's Campaign against al-Andalus
Sources
- Tarikh al-Dawla al-Abbasiyya — Muhammad Suhayl Taqqush (7th ed. 2009) , p. 80-81
- Tarikh al-Dawla al-Abbasiyya — Muhammad Suhayl Taqqush (7th ed. 2009) , p.80-81
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “حسين بن يحيى الأنصاري”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/husayn-ibn-yahya-al-ansari/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.