Al-Ala al-Hadhrami

Al-Ala ibn al-Hadrami was an early Muslim commander, the tax collector for Bahrayn under the Islamic prophet Muhammad in c. 631–632, and governor of Bahrayn in 632–636 and 637–638 under caliphs Abu Bakr and Umar. Under Abu Bakr, al-Ala suppressed a rebellion by a scion of the pro-Sasanian Lakhmid dynasty as part of the Ridda Wars. Under Umar, he launched naval expeditions against the Sasanians, the last of which ended in disaster for the Arabs and was the cause of his dismissal. He was last appointed governor of Basra but died on his way to assume office.