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عمر بن حفص هزارمرد

عمر بن حفص هزارمرد

c. 767 CE · c. 150 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

In al-Baladhuri: Umar ibn Hafs ibn Uthman ibn Qubaysa ibn Abi Sufra al-Ataki; al-Mansur gave him Ifriqiya after dismissing Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath — the text there reads 'he appointed Umar ibn Hafs Hazarmard in his place', while elsewhere 'he being the one who captured Hazarmard' — al-Mansur admired him; he entered Ifriqiya, raided to the farthest Berber lands, built al-Abbasiyya, then Abu Khatim al-Ibadi fought him and he was martyred with a group of his household.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-Ala al-Sadafi · Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad ibn An'am · Abu Al Hudhayl Al Allaf · Abu Hafs al-Kabir · Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man ibn Thabit

Overview

Umar ibn Hafs ibn Uthman ibn Qabisa ibn Abi Safra al-Atiki. al-Mansur appointed him over Ifriqiya after the dismissal of Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath 1.

Ifriqiya

According to al-Baladhuri, he entered Ifriqiya and campaigned from it as far as the farthest lands of the Berbers, and built al-Abbasiyya. al-Mansur was full of admiration for him. Then Abu Khatim the Ibadi fought him, and he was martyred with a group of his household 2. See the death of Umar ibn Hafs. His year of death is derived and approximate, around 150 AH 3.

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The Martyrdom of Umar ibn Hafs and the Ruin of al-Abbasiyya· Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi's Sind

People and things also explored

Abu Khatim al-Saddrati· Abu Ja'far al-Mansur· Dawud ibn Yazid ibn Hatim· Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi· Ifriqiya· al-Qandahar· Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi's Sind· The Martyrdom of Umar ibn Hafs and the Ruin of al-Abbasiyya

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.322
  2. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.325-326
  3. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.326
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Abu Khatim al-Saddrati

In al-Baladhuri: Abu Khatim al-Saddrati — the original reads al-Sudrani, of Sudrana — the Ibadi of Sadrata's people, a mawla of Kinda; he fought Umar ibn Hafs al-Ataki who was martyred and his city al-Abbasiyya demolished, then Yazid ibn Hatim killed him at Batr Iblis.