Humayd ibn Qahtaba حميد بن قحطبة | |
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| Governor ofJazira | |
| In office 754–755 | |
| Monarch | al-Mansur |
| Governor of Egypt | |
| In office 760–762 | |
| Monarch | al-Mansur |
| Preceded by | Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i |
| Succeeded by | Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi |
| Governor ofArminiyah | |
| In office 766–768 | |
| Monarch | al-Mansur |
| Governor ofKhorasan | |
| In office 768–776 | |
| Monarchs | al-Mansur, al-Mahdi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Umayyad Caliphate |
| Died | 776 Khorasan, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Cause of death | illness (natural) |
| Children | Abdallah ibn Humayd ibn Qahtaba |
| Parent |
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Branch | Abbasid Army |
| Rank | Military officer |
Humayd ibn Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i (Arabic:حميد بن قحطبة) was a senior military leader in the earlyAbbasid Caliphate.
Humayd was the son ofQahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, who along withAbu Muslim led theAbbasid Revolution that toppled theUmayyad Caliphate. Along with his brotherHasan, Humayd was active in the Abbasid cause inKhurasan during the years before the Revolution, serving as a deputynaqib.[1]
After the Revolution, Humayd attached himself to the governor ofSyria,Abdallah ibn Ali, and even joined him when he rebelled against the Caliphal-Mansur (r. 754–775) in 754. He soon regretted his decision, however, and escaped Abdallah's camp before his final defeat.[1][2] Nevertheless, he was soon entrusted with governorships by Mansur, first in theJazira (754/55), where he faced a determinedKharijite rebellion, and then inEgypt (759/61).[1][2] In 762/63 he served underIsa ibn Musa in the suppression of therebellion ofMuhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya. Three years later, he was appointed toArmenia, and in 768, he was named governor of Khurasan, a post he kept until his death in 776.[1][2] He was briefly succeeded by his son,Abdallah, who later played a prominent role in the civil war of theFourth Fitna.[3] As with most of the old Abbasid families, they lost power, although not their wealth, after the triumph ofal-Ma'mun in the civil war.[2]
| Preceded by | Governor of Egypt 760–762 | Succeeded by |