Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad

Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (died 67 AH / 686 M) adalah Umayyah governor dari Kufah dan Bashrah yang ordered dan organized events leading ke massacre di Karbala di 61 AH, making him one dari most condemned figures di sejarah Islam. Ia adalah son dari Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (Ziyad ibn Abih), powerful Umayyah administrator, dan inherited ayahnya's position dan ruthlessness.

Khalifah Yazid ibn Muawiyah appointed him governor dari Kufah ketika Husayn ibn Ali's movement toward Irak began gaining traction. Ubaydullah moved decisively: he arrested Muslim ibn Aqil, Husayn's advance representative di Kufah, crushed nascent support movement, dan executed Muslim ibn Aqil publicly ke terrorize potential supporters. He then organized force under Umar ibn Sa'd yang intercepted Husayn's small group di Karbala.

He gave orders yang resulted di killing dari Husayn ibn Ali, granddaughter's sons, dan male members dari Husayn's party pada 10th dari Muharram 61 AH. His command extended ke blocking access ke water untuk Husayn's camp. After massacre, ia menerima Husayn's head di Kufah sebelum it adalah sent ke Yazid di Damaskus.

Ia adalah killed thirteen tahun later di 67 AH oleh forces dari al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi selama uprising yang specifically sought ke avenge Husayn's death. His killer Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar presented his head ke al-Mukhtar. He died as universally condemned di tradisi Islam — bahkan sources sympathetic ke Umayyah khalifahate jenderally regarded his actions di Karbala as atrocity.