Yahya ibn Yahya al-Ghassani

Yahya ibn Yahya ibn Qays al-Ghassani (Arabic: يحيى بن يحيى الغساني, romanized: Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā ibn Qays al-Ghassānī; 684–750s) was the Umayyad governor of Mosul during the reign of Caliph Umar II (r. 717–720), a transmitter of hadiths (traditions and sayings attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad) in Damascus, where he spent the majority of his life. He was a member of an elite family of the Ghassanids in Damascus and his descendants were also hadith transmitters in Damascus as late as the 9th century. rdf:langString