Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri
Arab governor of al-Andalus from 747 to 756 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri (Arabic: يوسف بن عبد الرحمن الفهري, romanized: Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Fihrī) was the governor of al-Andalus from 747 to 756, initially ruling under the Umayyad Caliphate and then independently following the Abbasid takeover in 750. He was a descendant of Uqba ibn Nafi, the founder of Kairouan.[1]
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Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri | |
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Governor of Al-Andalus | |
In office January 747 – May 756 | |
Preceded by | Abd al-Rahman ibn Katir al-Lahmi |
Succeeded by | Abd al-Rahman I |
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Born | 711 AD |
Died | 759 AD Toledo, Spain |
Parent | Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri (father) |
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