Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi

Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi
Deputy governor of Fars
Deputyto Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf
Succeeded byMuhammad ibn al-Qasim
Governor of Yemen
In office
713/714–715
MonarchAl-Walid I
Personal details
BornTa'if
Diedc. 714/5
Children
Parent(s)Yusuf ibn Hakam al-Thaqafi (father)
al-Fari'a bint Hammam ibn Urwa al-Thaqafi (mother)
RelativesAl-Walid II (grandson)
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (brother)

Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Abī ʿAqīl al-Thaqafī (Arabic: محمد بن يوسف بن الحكم بن أبي عقيل الثقفي) was a governor of the Umayyad Caliphate in the early 8th century.

The brother of the powerful governor of Iraq, al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Muhammad served under his brother as deputy governor for Fars.[1] He is credited as the founder of the city of Shiraz, which became the capital of Fars, in 693.[2][3] He later served as governor for the Yemen.[1] He died in the latter office in 714/5.[4] His daughter Umm al-Hajjaj married caliph Yazid II (r. 620–624), and their son, al-Walid II (r. 743–744), ruled as the eleventh Umayyad caliph.[5]

  1. ^ a b Crone 1980, p. 135.
  2. ^ Lambton 1997, p. 472.
  3. ^ Limbert 2004, p. 4.
  4. ^ Hinds 1990, p. 222.
  5. ^ Powers 1989, pp. 89–90.