List of Umayyad governors of Iraq
List of governors
Only governors that were in control of both al-Basrah and al-Kufah at the same time appear in this list.

List of Umayyad governors of Iraq

Section Title: List of governors
Table Section Text: Only governors that were in control of both al-Basrah and al-Kufah at the same time appear in this list.

Name	Start	End	Nature of Termination	Notes

None	661	670	n/a	Al-Basrah and al-Kufah were under separate governors during this period

Ziyad ibn Abihi	670	673	Died in office	Appointed by the caliph Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan

None	673	680	n/a	Al-Basrah and al-Kufah were under separate governors during this period

'Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad	680	684	Resigned	Son of Ziyad ibn Abihi. Appointed by the caliph Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah

None	684	691	n/a	Iraq was outside of Umayyad control for most of the second fitna. From 686 to 691, the Zubayrid Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr was in control of al-Basrah and al-Kufah.

691	693	n/a	Al-Basrah and al-Kufah were under separate governors during this period

Bishr ibn Marwan	693	694	Died in office	Brother of the caliph 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, who appointed him

Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi	694	714	Died in office	Appointed by 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan

Yazid ibn Abi Kabshah al-Saksaki	714	715	Dismissed	Appointed by the caliph al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik

Yazid ibn al-Muhallab al-Azdi	715	717	Dismissed	Appointed by the caliph Sulayman ibn 'Abd al-Malik

None	717	720	n/a	Al-Basrah and al-Kufah were under separate governors during this period

Maslama ibn 'Abd al-Malik	720	721	Dismissed	Brother of the caliph Yazid ibn 'Abd al-Malik, who appointed him

'Umar ibn Hubayra al-Fazari	721	724	Dismissed	Appointed by Yazid ibn 'Abd al-Malik

Khalid ibn 'Abdallah al-Qasri	724	738	Dismissed	Appointed by the caliph Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik

Yusuf ibn 'Umar al-Thaqafi	738	744	Dismissed	Appointed by Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik

Mansur ibn Jumhur al-Kalbi	744	744	Dismissed	Appointed by the caliph Yazid ibn al-Walid

'Abdallah ibn 'Umar	744	745	Dismissed	Son of the caliph 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz. Appointed by Yazid ibn al-Walid

Al-Nadr ibn Sa'id al-Harashi	745	745	Resigned	Appointed by the caliph Marwan ibn Muhammad

Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazari	745	750	Killed	Son of 'Umar ibn Hubayra. Appointed by Marwan ibn Muhammad

Sentence(s)

Bishr ibn Marwān was governor of Iraq during the reign of his brother, Caliph Abd al-Malik.

final_sentence: Bishr ibn Marwān was governor of Iraq during the reign of his brother, Caliph Abd al-Malik.