Tribe

Thaqif

ثقيف

Arabian Peninsula · Arab paganism (pre-Islam), Islam (post)

Arab tribe whose members held key governorships under Umayyads.

Al-Hajjaj was the governor of Iraq who suppressed the Kharijite revolts, reorganized the army, and oversaw eastern expansions under the Umayyads.

Sources: Wikipedia and classical Islamic biographical literature compiled by automated researchers.

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