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ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Abī Bakrah al-Thaqafī
The emir, one of the sons of the Companions; he governed Sijistān.
Born: in the year 14 AH.
He was open-handed, praised, courageous, and held in high esteem.
He transmitted ḥadīth from his father and from ʿAlī.
Transmitters on his authority include Saʿīd ibn Jumhān, Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn, and others.
He served as judge of Basra and was appointed governor of Sijistān in 50 AH; he was deposed after three years, after which al-Ḥajjāj assumed the post.
It is said that he provided for the residents of 160 houses among his neighbors and that on every ʿĪd he manumitted one hundred slaves.
It is also reported that when al-Muhallab asked him for some cow’s milk, he sent him seven hundred cows together with their herdsmen (1), and that he rewarded the poet Ibn Mufarriġ with fifty thousand.
Many anecdotes praise his generosity, and he was dark-skinned.
Abū Jamrah al-Ḍubaʿī said: He died in Sijistān in 79 AH. -
ʿIyāḍ ibn ʿAmr al-Ashʿarī (2) (M, Q)
He narrated from Abū ʿUbayda, Khālid ibn al-Walīd, and ʿIyāḍ ibn Ghanm.