Abu Hafsa Yazid

Abu Hafsa Yazid was a mawla, or servant, of the Umayyad Caliph Marwan ibn al-Hakkam .

Background and career Yazid's full name is not known; Abu Hafsa means "father of Hafsa" (an Arabic kunya). Abu Hafsa Yazid's origins are unclear; he may have been either Persian or Jewish.

Marwan assigned Yazid to posts including taxation in Medina. He married the daughter of the amir of al-Yamama, and among their descendants were several prominent poets of the early Islamic period, including Marwan ibn Abi Hafsa (723–) and Marwan ibn Abi al-Janub (fl. 813–861).

Abu Hafsa Yazid is sometimes described as court physician to the Rashidun Caliph Umar I around the year 643 CE. However, this may be an error based on writings by later Arab historians, as he is not called a physician in the earliest texts.