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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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'''Obayd-Allah Ibn Ziad''' (d. 67/686), was [[Umayyad]] governor of Basra, Kufa and Khurasan during [[Mu’awiya]] I and [[Yazid]] I. He was the son of Ziad b. Abih, a favorite of [[Mu’awiya]], and a Persian slave called Marjana. During Ibn Ziad Governorship of Kufa, the revolt of [[Hussain ibn Ali|Hussain b. ʿAli]], a grandson of [[Muhammad]] Prophet, 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.  
'''Obayd-Allah Ibn Ziad''' (d. 67/686), was [[Umayyad]] governor of Basra, Kufa and Khurasan during [[Mu’awiya]] I and [[Yazid]] I. He was the son of Ziad b. Abih, a favorite of [[Mu’awiya]], and a Persian slave called Marjana. During Ibn Ziad Governorship of Kufa, the revolt of [[Hussain ibn Ali|Hussain b. ʿAli]], a grandson of [[Muhammad]] Prophet, 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.  
==Governor of Khurasan and Iraq==  
==Governor of Khurasan and Iraq==  
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*K. V. Zetterstéen, “ʿUbaid Allāh b. Ziyād” in EI¹ IV, p. 985. (Jean Calmard)
*K. V. Zetterstéen, “ʿUbaid Allāh b. Ziyād” in EI¹ IV, p. 985. (Jean Calmard)
==Source==
==Source==
*[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ebn-ziad Encyclopaedia Iranica]
*[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ebn-ziad Encyclopaedia Iranica]
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