From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Servant of 7th-century Umayyad caliph
Abu Hafsa Yazid
(
Arabic
:
??? ??? ????
,
romanized
:
Ab? ?af?a Yaz?d
) was a
mawla
, or servant, of the
Umayyad
Caliph
Marwan ibn al-Hakkam
(
r.
684?685
).
[1]
Yazid's full name is not known;
Abu Hafsa
means "father of Hafsa" (an Arabic
kunya
).
Abu Hafsa Yazid's origins are unclear; he may have been either
Persian
or
Jewish
.
[2]
He may have been taken prisoner as a youth in the capture of
Istakhr
in ca 650 CE, and later sold to the
Caliph
. Marwan freed him on the day of the assassination of
Uthman ibn Affan
(17 June 656). Sources vary as to whether Abu Hafsa Yazid converted to
Islam
or retained his
Jewish faith
.
[1]
Marwan assigned Yazid to posts including taxation in
Medina
. He married the daughter of the
amir
of
al-Yamama
, and among their descendants were several prominent
poets
of the early Islamic period, including
Marwan ibn Abi Hafsa
and
Marwan ibn Abi al-Janub
.
[2]
[3]
Abu Hafsa Yazid is sometimes described as
court physician
to the
Caliph
Umar I
around the year 643 CE,
[4]
however this may be an error based on writings by later
Arab historians
, as he is not called a physician in the earliest texts.
[5]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
a
b
Ibn Khallikan (1868).
Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary
. Vol. 3. Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. pp. 343?347
. Retrieved
2011-12-12
.
- ^
a
b
Bencheikh, J.E. (1991).
"Marw?n al-Akbar b. Ab? ?af?a and Marw?n al-A?g?h?ar b. Abi 'l-D?j?an?b"
. In
Bosworth, C. E.
;
van Donzel, E.
&
Pellat, Ch.
(eds.).
The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
. Volume VI: Mahk?Mid
. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 625?626.
doi
:
10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_4981
.
ISBN
978-90-04-08112-3
.
- ^
Meisami, Julie Scott; Starkey, Paul (1998).
Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature
. Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis.
ISBN
0-415-18572-6
. Retrieved
2011-12-12
.
- ^
Landman, Isaac (1942). Simon Cohen (ed.).
The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia
. Vol. 8. The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Inc
. Retrieved
2011-12-12
.
- ^
Siddiqi, Mu?ammad Zubair (1959).
Studies in Arabic and Persian Medical Literature
. Calcutta University. pp. 6, 8
. Retrieved
2011-12-12
.
|
---|
Physicians
| 7th century
| |
---|
8th century
| |
---|
9th century
| |
---|
10th century
| |
---|
11th century
| |
---|
12th century
| |
---|
13th century
| |
---|
14th century
| |
---|
15th century
| |
---|
16th century
| |
---|
17th century
| |
---|
18th century
| |
---|
|
---|
Concepts
| |
---|
Works
| |
---|
Centers
| |
---|
Influences
| |
---|
Influenced
| |
---|