Iyas ibn Qabisah al-Ta'i

Iyas ibn Qabisah al-Ta'i (Arabic: إياس بن قبيصة الطائي) was governor of al-Hirah, the capital of the Lakhmid kingdom, from 602 to 617.

Iyas ibn Qabisah was appointed interim governor of al-Hirah by Sasanian monarch, Hormizd IV (r. 579–590), while a suitable candidate was sought among the Naṣrid dynasty that used to rule the Lakhmid kingdom. In 580 al-Nu'man III became king of the Lakhmid kingdom and replaced Iyas ibn Qabisah as ruler of al-Hirah. At some point the Persian king awarded Iyas 30 villages along the Euphrates as a grant for life and made him administrator of the district of Ayn al-Tamr. Al-Nu'man III ruled until 602 where he was executed by Sasanian king Khosrow II (r. 590–628), who appointed Iyas ibn Qabisah and the Persian noble Nakhiragan as co-governors of al-Hirah.

The Banu Bakr ibn Wa'il tribe opposed the rule of Iyas and began raiding Sassanid territory in southern Mesopotamia.[1] In response, Iyas commanded pro-Sassanid Arab and Persian troops against the Banu Bakr at the Battle of Dhi Qar in 609, in which the Sassanids were defeated.[2]

Iyas ibn Qabisah and Nakhiragan were succeeded by Azadbeh in 617.

The last part of Iyas ibn Qabisah's name indicates that he came from the Tayy tribe.

References

  1. Zarrinkub, Abd al-Husain (1975). "The Arab Conquest of Iran and its Aftermath". In Frye, R. N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: The Period of the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs (PDF). Cambridge University Press. p. 3.
  2. Shahid, Irfan (2000). "Tayyi'". In Bearman, P. J.; et al. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Islam, Second Edition, Volume 10. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 90-04-11211-1.

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