Al-Hajjaj Ibn Yusuf Al-Thaqafi A Formidable Umayyad Viceroy in Iraq is a historical accounts of one of the most controversial figures in Islamic history.
This book maintains an objective stance without total condemnation of Al-Hajjaj character as what normally found in historical books, but also not painting him as an angelic figure either. The book attempts to educate reader about the reasons and prevailing circumstances that made al-Hajjaj one of the most successful governors and military leaders in Islam, his contributions to the development of Islamic society, but at the same time his hard-line nature that led to the killing of large number of the companions of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.
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