Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj

Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj
Governor of Ifriqiya
In office
c. 665–666
MonarchMuawiyah I
Succeeded byUqba ibn Nafi
Personal details
Diedc. 670
Egypt
Relations
ChildrenAbd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj
Parent
  • Hudayj ibn Jafna (father)
Military service
AllegianceRashidun Caliphate
Muawiyah I
Umayyad Caliphate
Years of service636–661
RankSoldier (636–661)
General (661–665)

Abu Nu'aym[1] Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj[2] ibn Jafna ibn Qatira al-Sakuni[3] al-Tujibi[4] al-Kindi[5] Arabic: معاوية بن حديج بن جفنة بن قتيرة التجيبي, was a general of the Kindah tribe under Muawiyah I in Ifriqiya. Mu'awiyah ibn Hudayj participated in the Early Muslim conquests against Byzantines in Levant, Sicily and Ifriqiya, and also against Sasanian Empire in the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah.

Biography

He participated in the Battle of Yarmuk,[6] the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah,[7] and the Battle of Jalula.[8]

According to Ali ibn al-Athir in his Usd al-ghabah fi marifat al-Saḥabah, Mu'awiyah ibn Hudayj participated in the Muslim conquest of North Africa under Abdallah ibn Sa'd against the Berbers.[9] Ibn Hudayj continued to serve under Abdullah ibn Abi Sarh during the siege of Dongola, capital of Makuria kingdom.[10][9] During this battle, Ibn Hudayj lost one of his eye.[10] Later in the year of 44 AH (664-665 AD), Ibn Hudayj launched a sudden attack towards island of Sicily.[11] Ibn Hudayj brought two hundred ships during this invasion which was prepared by his superior, Mu'awiyah.[12] Ibn Hudayj managed to seized massive spoils of war from this campaign, when he returned to Levant in 665 AD.[12] According to Al-Baladhuri, He invaded the island of Sicily on the authority of Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, and the first Muslim commander to infest the island.[13]

After the first invasion, Ibn Hudayj continued to raid the island routinely for the rest of Muslim conquest.[13]

He led 10,000 troops in the area of Sousse (Hadrumetum).[6]

After the Siege of Uthman and Uthman's death, Ibn Hudayj called for retribution.[14] In 658, he killed Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr.

He garrisoned troops in the Kairouan area[15] (654-665) and conducted operations against Hadrumetum in the Tacape (Lesser Syrtis) region. He would conduct raids on Sicily in 44 AH (666).[16] He was made the governor of Barqah (Cyrenaica) in 47 AH (669).[17]

Ibn Taghribirdi, Ibn al-Athir and al-Tabari all record a story that Ibn Hudayj blocked the appointment of Ibn Umm al-Hakam as governor of Egypt in 678, although he was long dead by that time.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Also Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, cf. Pellat 1993.
  2. ^ Ibn Khadīj, according to the Jamhara of Ibn al-Kalbī, cf. Pellat 1993.
  3. ^ a b Pellat 1993.
  4. ^ Usd al-Ghabah 4 / 383
  5. ^ Al-Bidāya wa-n-Nihāya/Part Seven/Then I entered the year thirty-eight
  6. ^ a b Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa By Walter E. Kaegi, Walter Emil Kaegi. Page 180.
  7. ^ Ṭabarī, ., & Friedmann, Y. (1992). The battle of al-Qādisiyyah and the conquest of Syria and Palestine: A.D. 635-637/A.H. 14-15. Albany: State University of New York Press. Page 12.
  8. ^ L' Afrique vandale et byzantine: Revue internationale d'histoire et d'archéologie (IVe - VIIIe s.). (2002). Turnhout: Brepols. Page 282
  9. ^ a b Muḥammad Lamīlam 1985, p. 38-39
  10. ^ a b Akram 1977, p. 206
  11. ^ Akram 1977, p. 201
  12. ^ a b Ibn al-Dabbaj, al-Khayali & ibn Mahmud 2005, p. 73
  13. ^ a b al-Afani 2003, p. 423
  14. ^ Ṭabarī, A.-G. M. I.-G., & Yar-Shater, E. (1996). The first civil war. Albany, NY: State Univ. of New York Pr. Page 144
  15. ^ Abun-Nasr, J. M. (1987). A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Page 28
  16. ^ A. I. Akram, The Muslim conquest of Egypt and North Africa. Ferozsons, 1977. Page 201
  17. ^ A. I. Akram. The Muslim conquest of Egypt and North Africa. Ferozsons, 1977. Page 206

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