Dawud is the son of Yazid ibn …
Years: 800 - 800
Dawud is the son of Yazid ibn Hatim, who served as the governor of Ifriqiyah for the caliphs al-Mansur, al-Mahdi, al-Hadi, and al-Rashid.
Yazid had died early in the reign of al-Rashid, at which point Dawud had temporarily succeeded him as governor.
His leadership, however, had proved inadequate, and the government's authority within the province had begun to weaken.
As a result, al-Rashid had appointed Dawud's uncle Rawh ibn Hatim to take control of Ifriqiyah instead.
Following this, Dawud had been appointed over Egypt in 790.
After serving as governor there for slightly more than a year, he was dismissed from that post as well and replaced with the Abbasid prince Musa ibn 'Isa.
Dawud is invested with the governorship of al-Sind in 800 and tasked with pacifying the province, which is plagued by a longstanding conflict between the Arab tribes here.
He initially sends his brother al-Mughirah to take control of al-Mansurah, but the city's inhabitants rebel and expel him.
Dawud then enters al-Sind in force and lays siege to al-Mansurah, which he manages to take several months later.
He then proceeds to secure the other cities of al-Sind, thereby firmly reestablishing Abbasid control over the province.
Dawud will spend the next two decades as governor of al-Sind, setting a record for the longest tenure of any governor in the early Abbasid period.
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Years: 800 - 800
Locations
People
Groups
- Sindhi people
- Hinduism
- Arab people
- Egypt in the Middle Ages
- Muslims, Sunni
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- Ifriqiya, Abassid
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