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
- 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.
- 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.
Further reading
- Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
- Zarrinkub, Abd al-Husain (1975). "The Arab conquest of Iran and its aftermath". The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–57. ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6.
- Morony, Michael G. (2005) [1984]. Iraq After The Muslim Conquest. Gorgias Press LLC. ISBN 978-1-59333-315-7.
- Bosworth, C. E. (1987). "ĀZĀḎBEH B. BĀNEGĀN". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 2. p. 177.