About Tariq ibn Amr
Tariq ibn Amr was an Arab judge.
Tariq ibn Amr al-Amawi (; 644–693) was an Umayyad commander and governor of Medina in 691/92–693. He was a mawla (non-Arab Muslim convert) and freedman of Caliph Uthman . He later entered the service of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik and took part in the suppression and execution of the latter's kinsman and claimant to the throne, Amr ibn Sa'id ibn al-As in 689.
Following the defeat of Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, the governor of Iraq for his brother, rival caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, in 691, Abd al-Malik appointed Tariq governor of Basra. On the way there from Iraq, Tariq captured Medina from its Zubayrid governor before becoming al-Hajjaj's second-in-command at Mecca.
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Who was Tariq ibn Amr?
7th century Umayyad commander and governor
When did Tariq ibn Amr die?
Tariq ibn Amr died in 692.
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Tariq ibn Amr was a judge.
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Tariq ibn Amr was Arab.
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