About Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani
Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani was an Arab military personnel.
Abu'l-Walid Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani (died 769/70) was an 8th-century Arab general of the Shayban tribe, who served both the Umayyads and the Abbasids.
Under the Umayyads Ma'n was a member of the nobility of the Shayban tribe, settled in the Jazira, and the first member of his family to rise to prominence. He entered the service of the Umayyad Caliphate, and under the patronage of the powerful governor of Iraq, Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayra, was sent to command against Abdallah ibn Mu'awiya in Fars in 746/7.
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Who was Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani?
8th-century Arab military general
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Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani died in 769.
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Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani was a military personnel.
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Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani was Arab.
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