Humayd ibn Qahtaba

Humayd ibn Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i (Arabic: حميد بن قحطبة) was a senior military leader in the early Abbasid Caliphate.

Humayd ibn Qahtaba
حميد بن قحطبة
Governor of Jazira
In office
754–755
Monarchal-Mansur
Governor of Egypt
In office
760–762
Monarchal-Mansur
Preceded byMuhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i
Succeeded byYazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi
Governor of Arminiyah
In office
766–768
Monarchal-Mansur
Governor of Khorasan
In office
768–776
Monarchal-Mansur,
al-Mahdi
Personal details
BornUmayyad Caliphate
Died776
Khorasan, Abbasid Caliphate
Cause of deathillness (natural)
ChildrenAbdallah ibn Humayd ibn Qahtaba
FatherQahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i
Military career
AllegianceAbbasid Caliphate
Service/branchAbbasid Army
RankMilitary officer

Biography

Humayd was the son of Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, who along with Abu Muslim led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad Caliphate. Along with his brother Hasan, Humayd was active in the Abbasid cause in Khurasan during the years before the Revolution, serving as a deputy naqib.[1]

After the Revolution, Humayd attached himself to the governor of Syria, Abdallah ibn Ali, and even joined him when he rebelled against the Caliph al-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 the Jazira (754/55), where he faced a determined Kharijite rebellion, and then in Egypt (759/61).[1][2] In 762/63 he served under Isa ibn Musa in the suppression of the rebellion of Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya. Three years later, he was appointed to Armenia, 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 the Fourth Fitna.[3] As with most of the old Abbasid families, they lost power, although not their wealth, after the triumph of al-Ma'mun in the civil war.[2]

References

  1. Crone (1980), p. 188
  2. Kennedy (1986), p. 80
  3. Crone (1980), pp. 188–189

Sources

  • Crone, Patricia (1980). Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
  • Kennedy, Hugh (1986). The Early Abbasid Caliphate: A Political History. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7099-3115-8.


Preceded by
Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i
Governor of Egypt
760–762
Succeeded by
Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi
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