Al-Mughirah ibn Ubaydallah al-Fazari
Al-Mughirah ibn Ubaydallah al-Fazari المغيرة بن عبيد الله الفزاري | |
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Umayyad Governor of Egypt | |
In office 749 – 749 (ten months) | |
Monarch | Marwan II |
Preceded by | Hawthara ibn Suhayl |
Succeeded by | al-Walid ibn al-Mughirah then Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Musa ibn Nusayr |
Personal details | |
Children | Abdallah, al-Walid |
Parent | Ubaydallah |
Residence | Egypt |
Al-Mughira ibn Ubaydallah ibn al-Mughira ibn Abd Allah ibn Mas'ada al-Fazari (Arabic: المغيرة بن عبيد الله بن المغيرة بن عبد الله بن مسعدة الفزاري) (died December 27, 749) was a governor of Egypt for the Umayyad Caliphate for a portion of 749.
A member of the Banu Fazara, al-Mughira is described by al-Kindi as being a descendant of Abd Allah ibn Mas'ada al-Fazari.[1] Appointed to Egypt by the caliph Marwan II, he arrived in the province in March 749 and designated his son Abdallah as his chief of security (shurta). After spending some time in Alexandria, both al-Mughira and Abdallah suddenly died, bringing an end to al-Mughira's governorship after just ten months. Another of his sons, al-Walid, then temporarily assumed control of affairs in the province, but was soon replaced by Marwan's new governor Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan.[2]
Notes
- ^ Al-Kindi 1912, pp. 92–93.
- ^ Al-Kindi 1912, pp. 92–93; Ibn Taghribirdi 1929, pp. 314–15.
References
- Ibn Taghribirdi, Jamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf (1929). Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira, Volume I (in Arabic). Cairo: Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya.
- Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf (1912). Guest, Rhuvon (ed.). The Governors and Judges of Egypt (in Arabic). Leyden and London: E. J. Brill.
Preceded by Hawtharah ibn Suhayl | Governor of Egypt 749 | Succeeded by |
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