Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri

Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri
Malik of Andalus
In office
January 750 – May 756
Preceded byhimself (as Governor)
Succeeded byAbd al-Rahman I
Governor of Al-Andalus
In office
January 747 – January 750
Preceded byAbd al-Rahman ibn Katir al-Lahmi
Succeeded byhimself (as Malik)
Personal details
Born711 AD
Died759 AD
Toledo, Spain
ParentAbd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri (father)

Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri (Arabic: يوسف بن عبد الرحمن الفهري) was an Umayyad governor of Narbonne in Septimania and the governor of al-Andalus from 747 to 756, ruling independently following the collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate in 750. He was a descendant of Uqba ibn Nafi, the founder of Kairouan.[1]

  1. ^ Hitti, Philip Khuri (1970). History of the Arabs from the Earliest Times to the Present. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-09871-4, p. 504.