Hudhayfa ibn al-Ahwas al-Qaysi
Hudhayfa ibn al-Ahwas al-Qaysi | |
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حذيفة بن الأحوص القيسي | |
| Governor of Al-Andalus | |
| In office 728–728 | |
| Preceded by | Yahya ibn Salama al-Kalbi |
| Succeeded by | Uthman ibn Abi Nis'a al-Khath'ami |
Hudhayfa ibn al-Ahwas al-Qaysi (Arabic: حذيفة بن الأحوص القيسي, romanized: Ḥudhayfa ibn al-Aḥwaṣ al-Ḳaysī)[a] was the eighth governor of al-Andalus under the Umayyad caliphate of Damascus. He served for six months in the year AD 728 (AH 110).[4]
Hudhayfa succeeded Yahya ibn Salama al-Kalbi as governor towards the middle of 728. This was probably related to the change in the governorship in Ifriqiya. The previous governor, Bashir, a member of the Banu Kalb like Yahya, died late in 727 and his hand-picked successor was replaced early in 728 by the Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. The new governor of Ifriqiya was Ubayda of the Qays Aylan clan. Since the governor of al-Andalus was under the authority of the governor of Ifriqiya, by the middle of the year Yahya (perhaps dead) had been replaced by a Qaysi.[1] Hudhayfa is the last governor whose appointment by the governor of Ifriqiya with the consent of the caliph is recorded in the Chronicle of 754 . All subsequent governors seem to have governed independently of Damascus.[2]
The Chronicle of 754 was written in Latin by a contemporary Christian from al-Andalus. It records that Hudhayfa—whose name is spelled Odifa[b] —was in office for only six months.[1] The Prophetic Chronicle (883) also gives him a term of six months, but the list of governors compiled by the Andalusian scholar Ibn Habib (878/9) has him ruling for a whole year.[2] The 17th-century historian al-Maqqari follows Ibn Habib and dates his term from June or July 728 until April 729.[3]
The Chronicle of 754 criticises Hudhayfa for unspecified "levity" or "frivolity" (levitas), implying that he lacked the virtue of gravitas (dignity) that was considered an imperative of high office.[1] He was succeeded after a brief and unsuccessful term by Uthman ibn Abi Nis'a al-Khath'ami.[1]
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[edit ]- ^ a b c d e Roger Collins, The Arab Conquest of Spain, 710–797 (Blackwell, 1989), p. 85.
- ^ a b c d e Ann Christys, "The Transformation of Hispania after 711", in Hans Werner Goetz, Jörg Jarnut and Walter Pohl (eds.), Regna and Gentes: The Relationship between Late Antique and Early Medieval Peoples and Kingdoms in the Transformation of the Roman World (Leiden: Brill, 2003), pp. 219–241.
- ^ a b Roger Collins, Early Medieval Spain: Unity in Diversity, 400–1000 (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995), p. 300.
- ^ Latham, J. D. (1960). "al-Andalus (vi) General survey of the history of al-Andalus". In Gibb, H. A. R.; Kramers, J. H.; Lévi-Provençal, E.; Schacht, J.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume I: A–B. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 492–497. OCLC 495469456., at 493.