Abbad ibn Ziyad

ʿAbbād ibn Ziyād ibn Abīhi was an Arab commander and statesman of the Umayyad Caliphate. A son of the governor of Iraq, Ziyad ibn Abihi, Abbad served as a governor of Sijistan between 673 and 681 under caliphs Mu'awiya I and Yazid I. He led a contingent in the army of Caliph Marwan I at the Battle of Marj Rahit and afterward fought against loyalists of al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi during the reign of Caliph Abd al-Malik. He later served at the court of the latter's son and successor, Caliph al-Walid I, and played a role in the succession intrigues between al-Walid's son Abd al-Aziz and the caliph's brother, Sulayman.