Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri

Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri
Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri
الضَّحَّاك بْنِ قَيْس الْفِهْرِيّ
Umayyad governor of Damascus
	In office; 680–684
Monarchs	Mu'awiya II (r. 683–684) ; Yazid I (r. 680–683)
Umayyad governor of Kufa
	In office; 675–678
Monarch	Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680)
Preceded by	Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid
Succeeded by	Abd al-Rahman ibn Umm al-Hakam al-Thaqafi
Personal details
Died	18 August 684; Marj Rahit (northern outskirts of Damascus)
Relations	Fatima bint Qays (sister)
Children	Abd al-Rahman
Parent	Qays al-Fihri

Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri (Arabic: الضَّحَّاك بْنِ قَيْس الْفِهْرِيّ, romanized: Al-Ḍaḥḥak ibn Qays al-Fihrī; died August 684) was an Umayyad general, head of security forces and governor of Damascus during the reigns of caliphs Mu'awiya I, Yazid I and Mu'awiya II. Though long an Umayyad loyalist, after the latter's death, al-Dahhak defected to the anti-Umayyad claimant to the caliphate, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr.

Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri
الضَّحَّاك بْنِ قَيْس الْفِهْرِيّ

Umayyad governor of Damascus
In office 680–684
Monarchs	Mu'awiya II (r. 683–684) Yazid I (r. 680–683)
Umayyad governor of Kufa
In office 675–678
Monarch	Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680)
Preceded by	Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid
Succeeded by	Abd al-Rahman ibn Umm al-Hakam al-Thaqafi

Personal details
Died	18 August 684 Marj Rahit (northern outskirts of Damascus)
Relations	Fatima bint Qays (sister)
Children	Abd al-Rahman
Parent	Qays al-Fihri