Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad

Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad

Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (Arabic: عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ, romanized: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād) was the Umayyad governor of Basra, Kufa and Khurasan during the reigns of caliphs Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680) and Yazid I (r. 680–683), and the leading general of the Umayyad army under caliphs Marwan I (r. 684–685) and Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705). He virtually inherited the governorships from his father Ziyad ibn Abihi after the latter's death in 673. During Ubayd Allah's governorship, he suppressed Kharijite and Alid revolts. In the ensuing Battle of Karbala in 680, Husayn ibn Ali and his small retinue were slain by Ubayd Allah's troops, shocking many in the Muslim community. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad is the 490th most popular military personnel (down from 338th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 78th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iraqi Military Personnel.

Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad was the governor of Iraq and the commander of the Muslim army in the Battle of Karbala. He is most famous for ordering the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad, and his family and followers in Karbala.