Husayn of Zaragoza
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Expand Spanish Husayn of Zaragoza (in the Arabic sources Al Hossain ibn Yahia al Ansari ibn Saad al Obadi and Script error: No such module "Lang". Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyà al-Anṣārī o Script error: No such module "Lang". Al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyà al-Anṣārī) was a descendant of Sa'd ibn Ubadah the companion of Muhammad, and the Wali (governor) of Zaragoza from 774 to 781.
Events during the rule of Husayn
- In 774 Husayn conspired with the Qahtanite aristocracy against the emir, proclaiming the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate in Hispania. In response, the emir sent general Abd al-Melek bin Umar, who obtained the allegiance of Abu Taur of Huesca and the Wali of Tudela, but who was rejected in Zaragoza.
- In 777, the Wali of Barcelona, Sulayman al-Arabi (Sulayman ibn Yaqdhan al-Kalbi in the Arabic sources) offered Charlemagne his own allegiance and the allegiance of Husayn in Paderborn. But when in 778 Charlemagne arrived in Zaragoza, Husayn denied any promise.[1] As Charlemagne could not take the city, he withdrew after a month, which then led to the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. In 780 Husayn had Sulayman al-Arabi killed after he returned to Zaragoza.
- In 781 the Emir Abd ar-Rahman I sent general Tsalaba ben Obaid to re-take Zaragoza for the Caliphate. After a long siege, Husayn agreed to a truce. His son, Said bin Husayn, was given to the Emir as a hostage.
According to the historian al-Nuwayri, Husayn was killed soon after his surrender.
References
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