Al-Walid ibn Hisham al-Mu'ayti

Umayyad Governor of Qinnasrin and General
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IntroUmayyad Governor of Qinnasrin and General
PlacesSyria Turkey
isMilitary leader Muhaddith Military personnel
Work fieldMilitary Religion
Gender
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Biography

Al-Walīd ibn Hishām ibn al-Walīd ibn ʿUqba al-Muʿayṭī (Arabic: الوليد بن هشام بن الوليد بن عقبة المعيطي) (fl. 712/13 – c. 720) was a member of the Umayyad dynasty, a commander in the Arab–Byzantine wars and the governor of Jund Qinnasrin (northern Syria) under Caliph Umar II (r. 717–720)

Life

Al-Walid ibn Hisham was the grandson of al-Walid ibn Uqba from the Abu Mu'ayt line of the Umayyad clan. In 712/13 he led a raid into Byzantine territory as far as the fortress of Gazelon (called Ghazala by the Arabs) near Amasya in northern Anatolia. According to al-Waqidi, al-Walid alongside Amr ibn Qays al-Kindi led a further expedition against the Byzantines in 716/17, in the course of which several Arab troops from the army of Antioch were slain. He reached as far as the outskirts of Constantinople, where he killed a number of the inhabitants and took several captives. This was during the initial stages of the great Umayyad assault on Constantinople, led by Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik.

Caliph Umar II appointed him the governor of Jund Qinnasrin, and in 718/19 dispatched him to lead the summer campaign against the Byzantines alongside Amr ibn Qays al-Kindi from Jund Hims.

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