Habib ibn al-Muhallab

Habib ibn al-Muhallab al-Azdi (Arabic: حبيب بن المهلب الأزدي‎‎) (died 720) was a provincial governor and military commander for the Umayyad dynasty, and a member of the Muhallabid family. He later participated in the revolt of his brother Yazid ibn al-Muhallab and was killed in the Battle of al-'Aqr.

Habib was a son of the general al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufrah, under whom he served during his early career. In 686 and again in 695 he is recorded as having participated in his father's campaigns to eradicate the Azraqite rebels in the districts of al-Basrah, al-Ahwaz and Fars. After operations against the Azraqites were concluded in 697, Habib moved to Khurasan, where al-Muhallab had been appointed as governor by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf. Three years later he took part in al-Muhallab's expedition against Kish. During this campaign, he was selected to lead a raid against Rabinjan, but he decided to withdraw after the lord of Bukhara advanced against him.

When al-Muhallab died in 702, Habib was present to receive his father's testament; afterwards he took command of the army and brought it to his younger brother Yazid, who was recognized by al-Hajjaj as the new governor of Khurasan. Habib spent the next few years assisting Yazid and, after the latter's dismissal in 704, his successor al-Mufaddal. During this period he was appointed as deputy governor of Kirman, a position which he retained until al-Hajjaj dismissed all of the Muhallabids from their positions. Following this, he was detained in al-Basrah on the orders of al-Hajjaj and tortured, but was spared from any further punishment when the caliph al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik ordered that the Muhallabids be granted safe-conduct.

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