Banu Shayban

Arab jurist and a disciple of Abu Hanifa (749/50–805)

7th-century Muslim Arab general

9th-century Abbasid military general and governor

Abbasid general and governor

arab tribe

leader of Kharijite rebellion in Iraq (died 746)

The Yazidids () or Mazyadids (after their ancestor Mazyad al-Shaybani) or Shaybanids (after Banu Shayban), were an Arab family that came to rule over the region of Shirvan (in Azerbaijan) in the mid 9th century. Starting from Haytham ibn Khalid's assumption of the ancient Iranian title of Shirvanshah in 861, they practically broke free of Abbasid control and was therefore out of scope for most chroniclers of the Caliphate.

8th-century Arab military general

9th-century Arab leader of the Shayban tribe

muslim writer

Arab governor and general

'''Abu'l-Sarāyā al-Sarī ibn Manṣūr al-Shaybānī''' (d. 18 October 815) was leader of a Zaydi revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate in Kufa and Iraq in 815. The revolt spread quickly across southern Iraq, and his agents even took over Mecca and Medina. At one point, the rebels threatened even Baghdad, but the Abbasid general Harthama ibn A'yan drove them back to Kufa in a series of victories. Forced to abandon Kufa in late August, Abu'l-Saraya and his followers tried to flee, but were pursued, defeated, and captured. Abu'l-Saraya himself was executed at Baghdad on 18 October. The uprising continu

leader of Kharijite rebellion in central Iraq (died 697/8)

Military general and governor

eighth century Kharijite leader

battle between the forces of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Qarmatians