Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Ashja'i (Arabic: محمد بن عبد الله الأشجعي, romanized: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ashdjaʿī) was the eleventh governor of al-Andalus under the Umayyad Caliphate in AD 730 (AH 111–112).
[2] After ten months in office, Muhammad's predecessor, al-Haytham, was confronted by an attempted coup d'état in early 730.
He arrested the conspirators, but their relatives in turn complained about his heavy-handedness to his superior, the governor of Ifriqiya.
His formal appointment took place, according to the Chronicle, one month after al-Haytham had been removed.
[4] Al-Maqqari, a very late source, puts his term of office in March–May 731, a year later than the earlier chronicles indicate, but right before the generally accepted date for when al-Ghafiqi finally took up office.