Al-Ashdaq

Abu Umayya Amr ibn Sa'id ibn al-As al-Umawi (Arabic: أَبُو أُمَيَّة عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ الأُمَوِيّ, romanized: Abū Umayya ʿAmr ibn Saʿīd ibn al-ʿĀṣ al-Umawī; died 689/90), commonly known as al-Ashdaq (Arabic: الأشدق), was a member of the Umayyad dynasty, general and a contender for the caliphal throne. He served as the governor of Medina in 680, during the reign of Caliph Yazid I (r. 680–683) and fought off attempts by the Zubayrids to conquer Syria in 684 and 685 during the reign of Caliph Marwan I (r. 684–685). The latter removed Yazid I's son Khalid and al-Ashdaq from the line of succession in favor of his own sons Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705) and Abd al-Aziz. Al-Ashdaq's attempted coup against Abd al-Malik in 689 ended with his surrender and his execution by Abd al-Malik.