The Killing of Yazid ibn Abi Muslim in His Prayer-Place
قتل يزيد بن أبي مسلم بمصلاه
c. 102 AH
In al-Baladhuri: when Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik ruled he gave Yazid ibn Abi Muslim — al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf's mawla — Ifriqiya and the Maghreb; he came to Ifriqiya in year 102, his guard being Berbers, and he branded on each man's hand 'my guard' — so they blackened his path, whispered one to another, and conspired to kill him: he went out one evening for maghrib prayer and they killed him in his prayer-place. Yazid then gave it to Bishr ibn Safwan al-Kalbi, who struck off the neck of Abdallah ibn Musa ibn Nusayr — he being accused of the killing and of stirring the people against him.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Connections
- Had participant
- عبد الله بن موسى بن نصير· بشر بن صفوان الكلبي· يزيد بن أبي مسلم· The Berbers
- Occurred at
- Ifriqiya
People and things also explored
Isma'il ibn Abdallah and Umar II's Mission to the Berbers· Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib's Independent Rule of the Maghreb Frontier· The First Raid on Ifriqiya and the Killing of Its Patrikios· The Founding of Qayrawan· Hassan ibn al-Nu'man's Campaigns against al-Kahina· Harun's Appointment of Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab over the Maghreb· The Killing of Kulthum ibn Iyad in Ifriqiya· The Martyrdom of Umar ibn Hafs and the Ruin of al-Abbasiyya
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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