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About Yahya ibn al-Hakam
Yahya ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As was an Umayyad statesman during the caliphate of his nephew, Abd al-Malik. He fought against Caliph Ali at the Battle of the Camel and later moved to Damascus where he was a courtier of the Umayyad caliphs Mu'awiya I and Yazid I. He was appointed governor of Palestine by Abd al-Malik and is credited in an inscription for building part of a road connecting Damascus to Jerusalem in 692. He served as governor of Medina for a year in 694/95 and afterward led a series of expeditions against the Byzantine Empire along the northern frontier of Syria.
Everything about Yahya ibn al-Hakam →- Occupation
- military leader, governor
- Position held
- Governor of Madina
- Citizenship
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Died
- 690