Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad was the Umayyad governor of Basra, Kufa and Khurasan during the reigns of caliphs Mu'awiya I and Yazid I, and the leading general of the Umayyad army under caliphs Marwan I and Abd al-Malik.
- Occupation
- military leader, wali
- Position held
- wali of Khorasan, Governor of Basra, Governor of Kufa
- Born
- 648
- Died
- August 6, 686