Al Hajjaj

Islamic history has never known a man as controversial and prominent as Al-Hajjaj Bin Yousef Al-Thaqafi, as he was surrounded by a storm of contradictive views and lived during a tumultuous era. Described as the Arab tyrant, the vigilant sword in the face of the enemies of the state, the man of impossible missions, the man of fate, the infinite conqueror, and the cunning statesman, Al-Hajjaj’s reputation teetered between his cruelty and intolerance towards enemies and mutineers, and his leniency, loyalty and obedience to the heads of the Umayyad Caliphate, which resulted in the controversy surrounding Al-Hajjaj’s historical image.