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 ==Lineage, Kunya, and Birth==
-He was born in the village, Banu Sakhr. There are different accounts of his year of birth: [[39]]/659, [[40]]/660, [[41]]/661 or [[42]]/662, and on another account, [[45]]/665 or a short time after that. On one account, al-Hajjaj was called "Kulayb" when he was a child; he later changed his name to "al-Hajjaj". On another account, Kulayb was his title when he was a child. His [[kunya]] was Abu Muhammad.
+He was born in the village, Banu Sakhr. There are different accounts of his year of birth: [[39]]/659-60, [[40]]/660-1, [[41]]/661-2 or [[42]]/662-3, and on another account, [[45]]/665-6 or a short time after that. On one account, al-Hajjaj was called "Kulayb" when he was a child; he later changed his name to "al-Hajjaj". On another account, Kulayb was his title when he was a child. His [[kunya]] was Abu Muhammad.
 Al-Hajjaj's father, Yusuf b. Hakam al-Thaqafi, was a head and a nobleman of the [[Thaqif tribe]]. He was intimately friends with the household of [[Marwan b. Hakam al-Umawi]]. He attended the Battle of Marwan and the battles in the period of [['Abd al-Malik b. Marwan]]. In the period of 'Abd al-Malik, he was the ruler of some areas. He died when his son, al-Hajjaj, ruled [[Hijaz]] ([[Medina]]). His mother was Fari'a or Furay'a, the daughter of Hammam b. 'Urwa al-Thaqafi.