Governors, WOL-ḤAJ
Discover the governors who guided states and provinces through moments of growth, reform, crisis, and political change.
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Wolcott, Oliver
Oliver Wolcott was an American public official who signed the Declaration of Independence (1776) and helped negotiate......
Wood, Leonard
Leonard Wood was a medical officer who became chief of staff of the U.S. Army and governor general of the Philippine......
Woodbury, Levi
Levi Woodbury was an American politician who was an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1846 to 1851. Woodbury......
Yazīd ibn al-Muhallab
Yazīd ibn al-Muhallab was a provincial governor in the service of several caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty. In the......
Young, Brigham
Brigham Young was an American religious leader, second president of the Mormon church, and colonizer who significantly......
Yáñez, Agustín
Agustín Yáñez was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, and active political figure whose novels, explorations......
Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel was the governor of Judaea under whom the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple at Jerusalem took place. Of......
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿd ibn Abī Sarḥ
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿd ibn Abī Sarḥ was the governor of Upper (southern) Egypt for the Muslim caliphate during the......
ʿAlī Bey
ʿAlī Bey was a Mamlūk governor of Egypt under Ottoman suzerainty who attempted to throw off the Ottoman Turkish......
ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ
ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ was the Arab conqueror of Egypt. A wealthy member of the Banū Sahm clan of the important tribe......
Ḥajjāj, al-
al-Ḥajjāj was one of the most able of provincial governors under the Umayyad caliphate (661–750 ce). He played......