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The name of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad appears in the accounts of Kufa in the year sixty AH. During his governorship, Hani ibn Urwa, who had given protection to Muslim ibn Aqil, was killed by one of Ibn Ziyad's clients 1 2.
al-Baladhuri reports in Futuh al-Buldan that Dawud al-Naqid saw an odd dirham bearing his name 3.
al-Mas'udi reports that he entered Kufa veiled with a black turban, riding a mule, and the people thought he was al-Husayn. When al-Nu'man ibn Bashir recognised him, he uncovered his face, and struck Hani ibn Urwa with a rod and broke his nose 4.
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Sources
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.5 p.362
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.5 p.379
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.56
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002)
- Lectures on the History of the Islamic Peoples: The Umayyad State — al-Khudari
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islam.museum contributors. “Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ubayd-allah-ibn-ziyad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.