Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Qasri

Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Qasri
محمد بن خالد القسري
Governor of Medina, Mecca, Taif
In office
758–760/1
Monarchal-Mansur
Preceded byZiyad ibn Ubayd Allah al-Harithi
Succeeded byRiyah ibn Uthman al-Murri
Personal details
DiedAbbasid Caliphate
Parent
Military career
AllegianceAbbasid Caliphate
Service / branchUmayyad army
Battles / warsAbbasid Revolution

Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Qasri (Arabic: محمد بن خالد القسري) was a son of the famed Khalid al-Qasri, the longtime (724–738) governor of al-Iraq for the Umayyads.[1]

During the Abbasid Revolution, he participated in the uprising at Kufa at the approach of the Abbasid army,[1] and later was appointed governor of Mecca, Medina, and Ta'if by the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur.[2]

  1. ^ a b Crone 1980, p. 102.
  2. ^ Crone 1980, p. 103.