al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf

E243778

Umayyad governor historical figure military commander politician

al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf was a powerful and controversial Umayyad governor and military commander known for his administrative reforms and harsh rule over Iraq and the eastern provinces.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf	4
al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf canonical	4
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf as governor of Iraq	1
al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi	1
al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ibn al-Hakam al-Thaqafi	1
governor and general al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Umayyad governor ⓘ historical figure ⓘ military commander ⓘ politician ⓘ
allegiance	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
appointedBy	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ
associatedWith	standardization of Quranic orthography and diacritics ⓘ
birthDate	c. 661 ⓘ
birthPlace	Hejaz ⓘ Taif ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
commanded	Umayyad forces against Ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ Siege of Mecca (692) ⓘ surface form: siege of Mecca against Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
controversialFor	mass executions and harsh punishments ⓘ oppression of Iraqi tribal elites ⓘ
deathDate	714 ⓘ
deathPlace	Iraq ⓘ Wasit ⓘ
dynastyServed	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Umayyad dynasty
era	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Umayyad period
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ surface form: Arab
fullName	al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ibn al-Hakam al-Thaqafi
influenced	centralization of Umayyad administration ⓘ later Islamic administrative practices in Iraq ⓘ
knownAs	al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ surface form: al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi
knownFor	eloquent but severe public speeches ⓘ persecution of political opponents ⓘ ruthless suppression of the revolt of Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Ashath ⓘ strict enforcement of tax collection ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
notableFor	administrative reforms in Iraq ⓘ harsh and authoritarian rule ⓘ support of Arabic language standardization ⓘ suppression of rebellions ⓘ
officeHeld	Governor of Iraq ⓘ Governor of the eastern provinces of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
regionGoverned	Iraq ⓘ Khorasan ⓘ surface form: Khurasan Al-Jazira region ⓘ surface form: al-Jazira
religion	Islam ⓘ
responsibleFor	disciplining and restructuring the Iraqi army ⓘ founding the city of Wasit in Iraq ⓘ reforming the postal and communications system ⓘ reorganizing tax administration in Iraq ⓘ strengthening Umayyad control over Iraq ⓘ
servedUnder	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ surface form: Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Al-Walid I ⓘ surface form: Caliph al-Walid I
successorInIraqAdministration	Yazid ibn al-Muhallab ⓘ
tribe	Banu Thaqif ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muhammad bin Qasim → servedUnder → al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ

Muhammad bin Qasim → relative → al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan → militaryCommander → al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan → appointed → al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf as governor of Iraq

Umayyad relatives → hasNotableMember → al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ

Umayyad conquest of Sindh → overseenBy → al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf

siege of Debal → patron → al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf

Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr → opponent → al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ

Battle of Maskin (691) → commandedBy → al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf

Battle of Maskin (691) → involves → al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ

this entity surface form: governor and general al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf

al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf → fullName → al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ibn al-Hakam al-Thaqafi

al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf → knownAs → al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi