Ismail ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Abi al-Muhajir[1] (Arabic: إسماعيل بن عبيد الله بن أبي المهاجر) was an Umayyad governor of Ifriqiya (North Africa) from 718 to 720.
Ismail was one of the new crop of Umar II's competent governors, with instructions to improve the Kairouan administration and pursue the integration of non-Arab Muslims into the empire, rather than treat them as conquered peoples.
As such, Ismail encouraged conversions among the Berbers of North Africa and curbed the abuses of the Arab military caste.
Ismail adhered to Islamic law and eliminated extraordinary taxes and slave-tributes on Berber populations.
[2] In a curious note, Ismail was the first and only Umayyad governor of Ifriqiya who was not given supervisory authority over Iberia (al-Andalus).