Dawud ibn Ali al-Hashimi

Dawud ibn Ali al-Hashimi was an eighth century Abbasid personage. He served as the first governor of Medina and Mecca in 750 for the Abbasid Caliphate.

Life

Al-Hashimi was the son of Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas. He was a paternal uncle of the first two Abbasid caliphs al-Saffah and al-Mansur, making him one of the "uncles" that held a high degree of influence during the early years following the Abbasid Revolution.
His nephew, caliph al-Saffah appointed him governor of Medina and Mecca in 750, however he died in the office that same year he was succeeded by Ziyad ibn Ubaydallah the maternal uncle of al-Saffah. who appointed him in 750.