Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi

Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi was a governor for the Umayyad Caliphate in the early 8th century.

The brother of the powerful governor of Iraq, al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Muhammad served under his brother as deputy governor for Fars and later served as governor for the Yemen.^[1] He died in the latter office in 714/5.^[2] His daughter married Yazid II, and they had a son, al-Walid II.^[3]

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• Hinds, Martin, ed. (1990). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Vol. XXIII: The Zenith of the Marwānid House. The Last Years of 'Abd al-Malik and The Caliphate of al-Walīd A.D. 700–715/A.H. 81–96. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-721-1. 
• Powers, David Stephan, ed. (1989). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXIV: The Empire in Transition. The Caliphates of Sulaymān, ʿUmar, and Yazīd, A.D. 715–724/A.H. 96–105. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-0072-7.