Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi يزيد بن حاتم المهلبي

Governor of Adharbayjan
Monarch	al-Mansur
Governor of Egypt
In office 762–769
Monarch	al-Mansur
Preceded by	Humayd ibn Qahtaba
Succeeded by	Abdallah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Hudayj al-Tujibi
Governor of Ifriqiya and Maghrib
In office 771–787
Monarchs	al-Mansur, al-Mahdi, al-Hadi, Harun al-Rashid
Preceded by	Umar ibn Hafs Hazarmard
Succeeded by	Dawud ibn Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi

Personal details
Died	March 13, 787 Kairouan, Ifriqiya, Abbasid Caliphate
Children	Dawud
Parent	Hatim al-Muhallabi (father)

Military career
Allegiance	Abbasid Caliphate
Service/branch	Abbasid army
Rank	Commander

Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi (Arabic: يزيد بن حاتم المهلبي) (died March 13, 787) was a member of the Muhallabid family who served as the governor of Adharbayjan, Egypt (762–769) and Ifriqiya (771–787) for the Abbasid Caliphate.

Yazid was a close associate of the future caliph al-Mansur (reigned 754–775)^[1] and was present in the latter's camp during the surrender of Wasit in 750.^[2] He was subsequently appointed as governor of Adharbayjan, where he initiated a program to transfer Yemeni Arabs from Basra and settle them in the province.^[3] In 755 he was one of the commanders who attempted to put down the Kharijite rebel Mulabbid ibn Harmalah al-Shaybani in the region of Mosul, but he was defeated and forced to withdraw.^[4]^[5]

In 762 al-Mansur appointed him as the governor of Egypt. He remained in this position until 769, making his eight-year tenure the longest of any governor of the province in the early Abbasid period. As a trusted aide of the caliph, his appointment was intended to secure Abbasid control of Egypt, especially against Alid agitation, which his predecessor, Humayd ibn Qahtaba had ignored. The Alid unrest eventually culminated in the Revolt of Muhammad the Pure Soul in Medina and Basra in 762–763, but Yazid and his sahib al-shurta, Abdallah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Tujibi, succeeded in thwarting the plans of the Alid party in Egypt from launching a revolt in Fustat as well.^[6]^[7] In 767, Yazid sent an army into the rebellious Bashmur, but it was defeated and forced to retreat.^[8]

Following the death of the governor of Ifriqiya, 'Umar ibn Hafs al-Muhallabi, at the hands of Kharijite rebels in 771, al-Mansur appointed Yazid to that position and dispatched him to the province with a massive army. After arriving in Tripoli, Yazid advanced against the Ibadis in early 772 and engaged them in a major battle, killing their leader Abu Hatim Yaqub ibn Labib al-Khariji and a large number of the rebels. After spending a month hunting down any surviving Ibadis, he proceeded to the provincial capital al-Qayrawan and entered it, and successfully established his rule over the province.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Yazid spent the remainder of his life as governor of Ifriqiya. In contrast to his predecessors, his tenure saw a period of peace and stability for the province; a Kharijite uprising in 773^[12] and a rebellion by the Warfajuma Berbers in the Zab in 781^[13] were both suppressed. During his administration he organized the markets of al-Qayrawan and restored the city mosque.^[14]

Yazid died in al-Qayrawan on March 13, 787, after a reign of fifteen years and three months, and was buried near the city gate.^[15]^[16] Following his death, his son Dawud briefly succeeded him as governor of Ifriqiya, before being replaced with Rawh ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi.^[17]^[18]

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Preceded byHumayd ibn Qahtaba Governor of Egypt 762–769 Succeeded byAbdallah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Tujibi Preceded byAbu Hatim Yaqub ibn Labib al-Khariji (rebel) Governor of Ifriqiya 772–787 Succeeded byDawud ibn Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi

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Al-Mahdi	Abu Awn Abd al-Malik ibn Yazid (Second Term) Musa ibn Ka'b al-Tamimi Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i Humayd ibn Qahtaba Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi Abdallah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj al-Tujibi Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj al-Tujibi Musa ibn Ali ibn Rabah al-Lakhmi Isa ibn Luqman al-Jumahi Wadih al-Maskin Mansur ibn Yazid ibn Mansur Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Harashi Salim ibn Sawada al-Tamimi Ibrahim ibn Salih ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas Musa ibn Mus'ab al-Khath'ami
Al-Hadi	Asama ibn Amr al-Fadl ibn Salih ibn Ali al-Abbasi
Harun al-Rashid	Ali ibn Sulayman al-Abbasi Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi Maslama ibn Yahya al-Bajali Muhammad ibn Zuhayr al-Azdi Dawud ibn Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi (Second Term) Ibrahim ibn Salih ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas Abdallah ibn al-Musayyab ibn Zuhayr al-Dabbi Ishaq ibn Sulayman Harthama ibn A'yan Abd al-Malik ibn Salih Abdallah ibn al-Musayyab ibn Zuhayr al-Dabbi (Second Term) Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi (Third Term) Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi (Second Term) Isma'il ibn Salih ibn Ali al-Abbasi Isma'il ibn Isa al-Abbasi Al-Layth ibn al-Fadl Ahmad ibn Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdallah al-Abbasi Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi Al-Husayn ibn Jamil Malik ibn Dalham al-Kalbi
Al-Amin	Al-Hasan ibn al-Takhtakh Hatim ibn Harthamah ibn A'yan Jabir ibn al-Ash'ath al-Ta'i
Al-Ma'mun	Abbad ibn Muhammad ibn Hayyan Al-Muttalib ibn Abdallah al-Khuza'i Al-Abbas ibn Musa ibn Isa al-Abbasi Al-Muttalib ibn Abdallah al-Khuza'i (Second Term) Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam Sulayman ibn Ghalib ibn Jibril al-Bajali Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam (Second Term) Abu Nasr ibn al-Sari Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mazyad Ubaydallah ibn al-Sari Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani Isa ibn Yazid al-Juludi Umayr ibn al-Walid Isa ibn Yazid al-Juludi (Second Term) Abdawayh ibn Jabalah Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i Al-Ma'mun (Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate)
Al-Mu'tasim	Kaydar Nasr ibn Abdallah Muzaffar ibn Kaydar Musa ibn Abi al-Abbas Malik ibn Kaydar
Al-Wathiq	Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani
Al-Mutawakkil	Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i Harthamah ibn al-Nadr al-Jabali Hatim ibn Harthamah ibn al-Nadr Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani (Second Term) Ishaq ibn Yahya ibn Mu'adh Khut Abd al-Wahid ibn Yahya Anbasah ibn Ishaq al-Dabbi
Al-Muntasir Al-Musta'in	Yazid ibn Abdallah al-Hulwani
Al-Mu'tazz	Muzahim ibn Khaqan Ahmad ibn Muzahim ibn Khaqan Azjur al-Turki