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Husayn of Zaragoza (Wali of Zaragoza) ruled from before 774, whose name was, in the Arabic sources Al Hossain ben Yahia al Ansari ben Saad al Obadi. In 774 he conspired against the emir with the Yemenite aristocracy, proclaiming the rule of the Abbasid Califte in Hispania; the emir send the general Abd al-Melek ben Umar, who obtained the allegance of Abu Taur of Huesca and also from other rebeld, the wali of Tudela, but was rejected in Zaragoza.
in 777, the wali Sulayman al-Arabi of Barcelona offered to Charlemagne the own allegance and the allegance of Husayn in Paderborn. But when in 778 Charlemagne arrived in front of Zaragoza, Husayn denied any promise. As Charlemagne can't take the city, after a month he withdrawn. In 780 he killed Sulayman al-Arabi (Suleiman ben Ioctan al-Quelbi in the arab sources).
In 781 the emir Abd al-Rhaman send general Tsalaba ben Obaid against Zaragoza and after a long siege, Husayn made allegance. His son Said ben Husayn was given as hostage. Is not clear when he was killed, but according al-Nuwayri was soon after his surrender.
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