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词条 Bishr ibn al-Walid
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Bishr ibn al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (fl. 710–740s) was an Umayyad prince and general who led military expeditions against the Byzantine Empire in 710/11 and 714/15 and later participated in the Umayyad opposition against his kinsman, Caliph al-Walid II (r. 743–744). He was later imprisoned by his erstwhile ally and kinsman, Caliph Marwan II in 745 and presumably died in incarceration.

Life

Bishr was a son of the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I (r. 705–715).[1] During his father's reign, he led a number of military campaigns against the Byzantine Empire along the caliphate's northern frontier, including in 710/11 and the winter of 714/715.[1] Also in 714, he was appointed amir al-hajj by his father, putting him in charge of leading the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca that year.[1] Due to his high education, he was dubbed ʿalim Banū Marwān (scholar of the Marwanids), i.e. the ruling house of the Umayyad dynasty.[2][1] Bishr returned to Syria after his father's death in early 715, according to 8th/9th-century historian al-Waqidi.[3]

Bishr is not mentioned again in the medieval sources until 743/44 when he became involved in the internecine struggle over the caliphate between the Umayyad dynasty.[1] To that end, he fought against his cousin Caliph al-Walid II in support of his brother, Yazid III, despite warnings from his other brother and prominent wartime general, al-Abbas, to remain neutral.[1] An account by Bishr's unnamed son of Bishr's disagreement with al-Abbas was recorded in the history of 9th-century historian al-Tabari.[4] Twelve other brothers of Bishr likewise supported Yazid III,[1] who went on to become caliph after al-Walid II's assassination in 744. Yazid III ruled for a few months before dying and being succeeded by his brother Ibrahim, who months later, in 745, surrendered the caliphate to Marwan II. At the time of the latter's accession, Bishr had been serving as governor of Jund Qinnasrin (military district of Qinnasrin) in northern Syria.[1] Marwan II subsequently compelled the largely Qaysi troops of Qinnasrin to arrest and hand over Bishr and the latter's full brother Masrur who became captives.[1] They are not heard of again and are assumed to have died in prison.[1]

References

1. ^Vaglieri 1960, p. 1244.
2. ^Hinds 1990, p. 217.
3. ^Hinds 1990, p. 218.
4. ^Hillenbrand 1989, p. 141.

Bibliography

  • {{The History of al-Tabari |volume=26 |url={{Google Books|MxTWmfKEloAC|plainurl=y}}}}
  • {{The History of al-Tabari |volume=23 |url={{Google Books|XEsflZBlADwC|plainurl=y}}}}
  • {{EI2|article=Bishr b. al-Walīd |last=Vaglieri |first=L. Veccia |authorlink=Laura Veccia Vaglieri |volume=1 |page=1244}}

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