Person
Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazari
يزيد بن عمر الفزاري
d. 750 CE Fazara
Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazari was the Umayyad commander who held out at Wasit during the Abbasid revolution and was executed after surrendering.
Significance
Last Umayyad commander at Wasit who was executed after surrender
Reputation in tradition
condemned
Stated motivation
Defend Umayyad rule
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