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Tariq ibn Ziyad
8th-century Muslim general
Marwan II
Last Umayyad Caliph (691-750) (r. 744-750)
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf
Umayyad governor and viceroy (c.661-714)
Muhammad bin Qasim
Umayyad Hijazi general and governor (695–715)
Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi
Muslim general
Musa ibn Nusayr
Arab military commander provincial governor (640-716)
Uqba ibn Nafi
Arab Muslim general (died 683)
Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik
8th century Umayyad prince and military leader
Qutayba ibn Muslim
Umayyad Caliphate Arab commander and governor (669-715/6)
Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad
Umayyad general and governor (died 686)
Nasr ibn Sayyar
General and governor of Khurasan (663–748)
Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani
Umayyad governor
Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra
General and Umayyad governor
Ziyad ibn Abihi
arab Administrator, Governor and Statesman
Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi
8th-century Umayyad governor of Al-Andalus
Anbasa ibn Suhaym Al-Kalbi
Muslim wali of al-Andalus
Khalid ibn Yazid
Umayyad prince and legendary alchemist
Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath
Umayyad Arab nobleman and military commander (died 704)
Muslim ibn Uqba
Umayyad Caliphate general (died 683)
Muhammad ibn Marwan
Umayyad prince and general (died 719/720)
Hassan ibn al-Nu'man
Umayyad general (died 705)
Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni
Umayyad Caliphate general (died 686)
Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik
Umayyad prince, general and governor of Egypt (c.677-c.750)
Yahya ibn Salama al-Kalbi
Umayyad general
Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah
Umayyad governor of Sijistan
Mu'awiyah ibn Hisham
Umayyad prince and general (died 737)
Abdallah al-Battal
Military general
Tha'laba ibn Salama al-Amili
Arab military commander and governor (died 750)
Al-Abbas ibn al-Walid
Umayyad prince and general (died 750)
Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri
Arab military commander
Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri
Umayyad general and governor of Damascus (died 684)
Tarif ibn Malik
8th c. Islamic military commander
Sa'id ibn Amr al-Harashi
Umayyad general
Abu al-Muhajir Dinar
Umayyad governor
Sulayman ibn Hisham
8th-century Umayyad prince and general
Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazari
Umayyad provincial governor and military leader (died 750)
Umar ibn Hubayra
8th C. Umayyad general and governor of Iraq
Abd-ar-Rahman ibn Samura
7th-century general of the Rashidun caliphate
Al-Ashdaq
'''Abu Umayya Amr ibn Sa'id ibn al-As al-Umawi (; died 689/90), commonly known as al-Ashdaq''' (), was a member of the Umayyad dynasty, general and a contender for the caliphal throne. He served as the governor of Medina in 680, during the reign of Caliph Yazid I () and fought off attempts by the Zubayrids to conquer Syria in 684 and 685 during the reign of Caliph Marwan I (). The latter removed Yazid I's son Khalid and al-Ashdaq from the line of succession in favor of his own sons Abd al-Malik () and Abd al-Aziz. Al-Ashdaq's attempted coup against Abd al-Malik in 689 ended with his surrender
Muslim ibn Sa'id al-Kilabi
Umayyad Governor of Khurasan from 723 to 724
Junada ibn Abi-Umayya
Habib ibn Abi Ubayda al-Fihri
Arab military commander (died 741)
Mu'awiya ibn Hudaij
7th-century Arab military commander
Salm ibn Ziyad
Umayyad general and statesman (died 692)
Busr ibn Abi Artat
7th century Arab military commander
Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi
Muslim commander, chieftain of the Arab tribe of Banu Amir
Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri
official of the Umayyad Caliphate
Ishaq ibn Muslim al-Uqayli
8th-century Umayyad general and governor
Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani
8th-century Arab military general
Abbad ibn Ziyad
umayyad Commander and statesman
Zuhayr ibn Qays
Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Arab military commander (died 688)
Umayr ibn Hubab al-Sulami
Umayyad general and Qaysi tribes leader (died 689)
Ibn baḥdal
Umayyad governor and chieftain of the Banu Kalb (died 688/9)
Tariq ibn Amr
7th century Umayyad commander and governor
Mansur ibn Jumhur al-Kalbi
8th-century Arab commander and provincial governor
Ghalib ibn Abd Allah al-Laythi
Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Walid
8th century Umayyad general and district governor
Sufyan ibn Awf
arab military commander
Al-Hakam ibn Amr al-Ghifari
Companion of Muhammad
Talha ibn Abd Allah al-Khuza'i
umayyad Military commander and Governor of Sistan (died 684/685)