[1] He himself was appointed governor of Medina at the beginning of the caliphate of Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 720–724), and was additionally given jurisdiction over Mecca in 721 or 722.
[2] As governor, Abd al-Rahman was unpopular with Medina's notables due to his refusal to consult with the city's prominent citizens, and he was accused of treating its old elites, the Ansar, in a contemptuous manner.
[4] Abd al-Rahman's governorship came to a sudden end in 723 as a result of his pursuit of Fatimah bint al-Husayn, the granddaughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib, when he attempted to force her into marriage by threatening to whip her eldest son if she refused.
Fatimah countered by filing a complaint with Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik, who angrily responded by dismissing him from his posts, levying a fine of forty thousand dinars against him, and ordering for him to be tortured such that the caliph could "hear him screaming" from his residence in Syria.
Upon learning of the pronouncement against him, Abd al-Rahman attempted to place himself under the protection of the caliph's brother Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik, but Yazid refused to give him a reprieve and he was eventually sent back to Medina for the punishment to be carried out.