List of Umayyad governors of Iraq
Name Start End Nature of Termination Notes
None 661 670 n/a Basra and Kufa 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 Basra and Kufa 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 Basra and Kufa
None 691 693 n/a Basra and Kufa 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 and Salih ibn Abd al-Rahman 715 717 Dismissed Yazid was appointed governor for military and religious affairs and Salih was appointed governor in fiscal affairs by the caliph Sulayman ibn 'Abd al-Malik
None 717 720 n/a Basra and Kufa 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
List of governors
Only governors that were in control of both Basra and Kufa at the same time appear in this list . [ 11 ]
This is a list of governors of the Umayyad province of Iraq.