Humayd ibn Hurayth al-Kalbi
| Ḥumayd ibn Ḥurayth al-Kalbī | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | Umayyad Caliphate (683–death) |
| Battles/wars |
Battle of Khazir (686) Qays–Yaman war (686–693) |
| Relations |
Bahdal ibn Unayf (grandfather) Yazid I (cousin) Hassan ibn Malik (cousin) |
| Other work |
Head of Security Forces (685–687) Chieftain of Banu Kalb |
Ḥumayd ibn Ḥurayth ibn Baḥdal al-Kalbī (fl. 683–693) was a senior Umayyad commander and a chieftain of the Banu Kalb tribe. He was head of the shurṭa (security forces) under caliphs Marwan I and Abd al-Malik, and may have served in the same capacity under their predecessor Caliph Yazid I. He commanded the Kalbi-dominated shurṭa in the Battle of Khazir in 686, and a year later joined the rebellion of the Umayyad prince Amr ibn Sa'id ibn al-As against Abd al-Malik. After the revolt's failure, Humayd reconciled with the latter. In the years following the battles of Marj Rahit (684) and Khazir, Humayd led the Kalb in numerous tit-for-tat raids and battles with enemy Qaysi tribes, including the Banu 'Amir, Banu Sulaym and Fazara.
Humayd ibn Hurayth was a grandson of Bahdal ibn Unayf, the preeminent chieftain of the Banu Kalb tribe. Humayd's family and tribe had kinship ties with the early Umayyad caliphs Mu'awiyah I (r. 661–680), Yazid I (r. 680–683) and Mu'awiyah II (r. 683–684) and gained influential positions in the Umayyad state. Humayd's cousins Hassan ibn Malik and Sa'id ibn Malik served as the governors of various Syrian ajnad (military districts) during the reigns of the aforementioned caliphs.
According to medieval historian Ibn Habib, Humayd succeeded Yazid ibn al-Hurr al-'Absi as Caliph Yazid I's ṣāḥib al-shurṭa (head of security forces), a senior Umayyad governmental post; the shurṭa served a dual role as the military division that guarded the caliph in battle and the police force of the capital city, in this case Damascus. However, most medieval Muslim accounts hold that Yazid ibn al-Hurr died just before Caliph Yazid's reign. Moreover, there are no indications that Humayd served Caliph Yazid in any capacity. However, Humayd is described as the ṣāḥib al-shurṭa of Caliph Marwan I (r. 684–685) and continued this role under Caliph Abd al-Malik during the Battle of Khazir in 686; at the time, the shurṭa was dominated by Humayd's Kalbi tribesmen.
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