Editing Obayd-Allah Ibn Ziad (section)

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| name           =Obayd-Allah Ibn Ziad
| native_name        = عبید الله ابن زیاد
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| known_for          = 	[[Battle of Karbala]] (680)، 	Governor of Khurasan (672/73–684), Basra (674/75–684) and [[Kufa]] (680–684)
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| father         =	Ziyad ibn Abihi
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| death_date  = 	67 H. (August 686 AD)
| death_place =Khazir (during the Battle of Khazir)
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[[File:Obayd 1.jpg|thumbnail|Ibn-Ziad's palace in Kufa which is just a ruin nowadays. It's known as Darul'Imara.]]
'''Obayd-Allah Ibn Ziad''' (d. 67/686), was [[Umayyad]] governor of Basra, Kufa and Khurasan during [[Mu’awiya]] I and [[Yazid]] I era. He was the son of Ziad b. Abih, a favorite of [[Mu’awiya]], and a Persian slave called Marjana. During Ibn Ziad's governorship of Kufa, the revolt of [[Hussain ibn Ali|Hussain b. ʿAli]], a grandson of Prophet [[Muhammad]], was suppressed leading to [[martyrdom]] of Hussain and his followers at the [[Battle of Karbala]]. After death of Yazid, he supported Marwan’s claim to become Caliph. Finally, he was killed by Ibrahim ibn Malek Ashtar, chief commander of [[Mukhtar]] revolt.