Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Qasri
Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Qasri (Arabic: محمد بن خالد القسري) was a son of the famed Khalid al-Qasri, the longtime (724–738) governor of Iraq for the Umayyads.[1]
During the Abbasid Revolution, he participated in the uprising at Kufa at the approach of the Abbasid army,[1] and later was appointed governor of Mecca, Medina, and Ta'if by the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Crone 1980, p. 102.
- ^ Crone 1980, p. 103.
Sources[]
- Crone, Patricia (1980). Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
Categories:
- 8th-century Arabs
- Governors of the Abbasid Caliphate
- People of the Abbasid Revolution
- Abbasid governors of Mecca
- Abbasid governors of Medina
- 8th-century people of the Abbasid Caliphate