Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri | |
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Malik of Andalus | |
In office January 750 – May 756 | |
Preceded by | himself (as Governor) |
Succeeded by | Abd al-Rahman I |
Governor of Al-Andalus | |
In office January 747 – January 750 | |
Preceded by | Abd al-Rahman ibn Katir al-Lahmi |
Succeeded by | himself (as Malik) |
Personal details | |
Born | 711 AD |
Died | 759 AD Toledo, Spain |
Parent | Abd 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]