Ziyad Ibn Abi Sufyan

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ziyad ibn Abeeh was a Muslim general and administrator and a member of the clan of the Umayyads. Ziyad was born in Taif ( a city in modern day Saudi Arabia) to a member of the Banu Fuqaim, of unknown parentage, due to the promiscuity of his mother. The Umayyad Mùawiyah Sufyan, governor at Damascus, opposed Ali's rule and repeatedly tried to lure his kinsman Ziyad to his camp. In 661 Ali was assassinated and Mùawiyah succeeded as Caliph.