Yazīd b. ʿUmar b. Hubayra - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Judd, Steven C.
Leiden
Brill
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Yazīd b. ʿUmar b. Hubayra (d. 132/750) was an Umayyad general often associated with the Qays tribal bloc. Like his father, ʿUmar b. Hubayra (d. between 105/724 and 107/726), he served as governor of Iraq. Both he and his father are often referred to as Ibn Hubayra in the sources. Yazīd had a complicated relationship with the Umayyad caliphs. He rejected overtures from Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik (r. 105-25/724-43), who wanted Yazīd to marry the daughter of his son Muʿāwiya b. Hishām (d.