Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri | |
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| الضَّحَّاك بْنِ قَيْس الْفِهْرِيّ | |
| Umayyad governor of Damascus | |
| In office 680–684 | |
| Monarchs | Mu'awiya II (r. 683–684) Yazid I (r. 680–683) |
| Umayyad governor of Kufa | |
| In office 675–678 | |
| Monarch | Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680) |
| Preceded by | Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid |
| Succeeded by | Abd al-Rahman ibn Umm al-Hakam al-Thaqafi |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 18 August 684 Marj Rahit (northern outskirts of Damascus) |
| Relations | Fatima bint Qays (sister) |
| Children | Abd al-Rahman |
| Parent | Qays al-Fihri |
Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri (Arabic: الضَّحَّاك بْنِ قَيْس الْفِهْرِيّ, romanized: Al-Ḍaḥḥak ibn Qays al-Fihrī; died August 684) was an Umayyad general, head of security forces and governor of Damascus during the reigns of caliphs Mu'awiya I, Yazid I and Mu'awiya II. Though long an Umayyad loyalist, after the latter's death, al-Dahhak defected to the anti-Umayyad claimant to the caliphate, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr.