Yazid ibn Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami | |
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Died | after 779/780 |
Allegiance | Abbasid Caliphate |
Years of service | ca. 750 – ca.780 |
Wars | Arab–Khazar wars, Arab–Byzantine wars |
Relations | Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami (father) |
Yazid ibn Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami or Yazid ibn Usayd ibn Zafir al-Sulami (Arabic: يزيد بن أسيد السلمي) was an Arab general and governor in the service of the early Abbasid Caliphate. He was active mostly in the Caliphate's northwestern frontier region, serving as governor of Arminiya and the Jazira and fighting against the Byzantine Empire and the Khazars.