| Intro | Governor of Egypt in 789 |
| Is | Military leader |
| From | Egypt |
| Type | Military |
| Gender | male |
Maslama ibn Yahya al-Bajali was a Khurasani Arab general and governor of the Abbasid Caliphate. He was the brother of Jibril ibn Yahya al-Bajali, who had probably participated in the Abbasid Revolution and hence belonged to the khurasaniyya, the new regime’s main power-base. Maslama served with Salih ibn Ali in Syria against the Byzantines, and in 789 as governor of Egypt for Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
Sources
- Crone, Patricia (1980). Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 179. ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
| Preceded by Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi |
Governor of Egypt February–December 789 |
Succeeded by Muhammad ibn Zuhayr al-Azdi |