Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad

Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad ibn Abihi
Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad ibn Abihi
Umayyad governor of Khurasan
	In office; 678/79–681
Monarchs	Mu'awiya I (661–680) ; Yazid I (680–683)
Preceded by	Aslam ibn Zur'a
Succeeded by	Salm ibn Ziyad
Personal details
Died	Basra
Parents	Ziyad ibn Abihi (father); Mu'adha bint Sakhr al-Uqayliyya (mother);

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ziyād ibn Abīhi (Arabic: عبدالرحمن بن زياد) was the Umayyad governor of Khurasan in 678/79–681. He is credited for reasserting Umayyad authority over the Arab tribesmen who garrisoned the province and ensuring the flow of Khurasan’s revenues and tribute to the Umayyad treasury in Damascus.

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