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ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād

Umayyad governor

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association with al-Farazdaq

In al-Farazdaq
…the support of Ziyād’s son, ʿUbayd Allāh. When al-Ḥajjāj became governor (694), al-Farazdaq was again out of favour, in spite of the laudatory poems he dedicated to al-Ḥajjāj and members of his family; this was probably a result of the enmity of Jarīr, who had the ear of the governor.…
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Battle of Karbalāʾ

In Battle of Karbala
…Shiʿah in Kūfah, he sent ʿUbayd Allāh, governor of Basra, to restore order. The latter did so, summoning the chiefs of the tribes, making them responsible for the conduct of their people, and threatening reprisal. Ḥusayn nevertheless set out from Mecca with his family and retainers expecting to be received…
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