Person
Obeid Allah ibn al-Habhab al-Mawsili
Umayyad governor of Kairouan
Obeid Allah ibn al-Habhab al-Mawsili (?–?)
is an important Umayyad official in Egypt from 724 to 734, and subsequently Umayyad governor of Kairouan, Ifriqiya from 734 to 741.
It is under his rule that the Great Berber Revolt breaks out in the Maghreb (North Africa) and al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula).