Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (Arabic: الحجاج بن يوسف / ALA: al-Ḥajjāj bin Yūsuf (or otherwise transliterated), also known more fully as al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Kulayb or al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi) (born early June AD 661 / AH 40 – AD 714 / AH 95) was a controversial Arab administrator, politician and minister of defence of the Umayyad Caliphate.He has also been described as draconian, although modern apologists and revisionists have sought to suggest that he has been negatively under the influence of later Abbasid historians and biographers who were opposed to the fiercely pro-Umayyad al-Hajjaj. Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef played a crucial role in the selection of military commanders. He instilled fear in the mercenary soldiers under his command and led to the successful expansion of the Islamic empire gaining much bounty and loot from the conquered lands. He ensured all important records were translated into Arabic, and for the first time he convinced caliph Abd Al-Malik to adopt a special currency for the Muslim world. This led to war with the Byzantine Empire under Justinian II. The Byzantines were led by Leontios at the Battle of Sebastopolis in 692 and were decisively defeated.During his reign of terror, he was responsible for the killing of notable Sahabi, companions of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, including Jabir ibn Abdullah and Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr."@en }
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- Al-Hajjaj_ibn_Yusuf abstract "Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (Arabic: الحجاج بن يوسف / ALA: al-Ḥajjāj bin Yūsuf (or otherwise transliterated), also known more fully as al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Kulayb or al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi) (born early June AD 661 / AH 40 – AD 714 / AH 95) was a controversial Arab administrator, politician and minister of defence of the Umayyad Caliphate.He has also been described as draconian, although modern apologists and revisionists have sought to suggest that he has been negatively under the influence of later Abbasid historians and biographers who were opposed to the fiercely pro-Umayyad al-Hajjaj. Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef played a crucial role in the selection of military commanders. He instilled fear in the mercenary soldiers under his command and led to the successful expansion of the Islamic empire gaining much bounty and loot from the conquered lands. He ensured all important records were translated into Arabic, and for the first time he convinced caliph Abd Al-Malik to adopt a special currency for the Muslim world. This led to war with the Byzantine Empire under Justinian II. The Byzantines were led by Leontios at the Battle of Sebastopolis in 692 and were decisively defeated.During his reign of terror, he was responsible for the killing of notable Sahabi, companions of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, including Jabir ibn Abdullah and Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr.".