Nasr ibn Sayyar, Umayyad general and politician (born 663)

Nasr ibn Sayyar

Umayyad governor of Khurasan from 738 to 748

Naṣr ibn Sayyār al-Lāythi al-Kināni was an Arab general and the last Umayyad governor of Khurasan in 738–748. Nasr played a distinguished role in the wars against the Turgesh, although he failed to decisively confront the rebellion of al-Harith ibn Surayj in its early stages.…