513:, p. 613. Before resigning the governorship, he emptied the treasuries and collected taxes on immature crops, leaving Sulayman with a major shortage of funds. Ubaydallah is subsequently mentioned in the year 874 by al-Tabari, v. 36: p. 163, as being ordered by the central government to read a statement to pilgrims from several provinces that were present in Baghdad, declaring that Yaqub ibn al-Layth was not the legitimate governor of Khurasan. This account, which suggests that Ubaydallah was in a position of authority in Baghdad, might accord with
938:
561:, v. 37: pp. 160-61, 168. Badr's appointment represents the latest date that Ubaydallah could have lost his office. Al-Tabari mentions that in February 890, Ubaydallah's patron 'Amr suffered another reversal in his relations with the central government, and that "orders were issued to remove the poles, flags and shields" bearing his name from the headquarters of the
291:
Upon
Muhammad's death in November 867, Ubaydallah assumed the governorship of Baghdad as his brother's designated successor, and he quickly received formal confirmation from al-Mu'tazz. During his first term as governor, he was responsible for hunting down the sons of the Turkish officer
378:. As a musician he was known to have composed several melodies for prominent signers of the time, although he was too proud to openly take credit for his pieces and attributed them to a singing girl that he owned instead. He also enjoyed a longstanding relationship with the poet
541:, v. 37: p. 147; Muhammad ibn Tahir was invested with the governorship of Khurasan on this occasion, but al-Tabari is silent on whether or not he received the governorship of Baghdad as well. In that same year, however, al-Husayn ibn Isma'il is mentioned as being Muhammad's
317:, who had been granted that position by the central government. He probably held the governorship until 885, when a reversal in caliphal policy toward the Saffarids resulted in 'Amr being formally dismissed from office. In August 889 he was restored to the
296:
following the latter's execution in 868. Before long, however, he was beset by fiscal problems which made it difficult for him to pay the salaries of the troops in the city, and was eventually compelled to surrender the governorship to his brother
1086:
280:, who as governor commanded the overall defense against the besiegers. At the end of the war, he was responsible for transferring the signet, cloak and scepter of the defeated caliph
1081:
332:
During the reign of al-Mu'tadid
Ubaydallah fell into a period of hardship, and in his last years he relied on financial assistance from prominent individuals such as
465:, pp. 181β184, however, provides contradictory information, mentioning a first governorship of unspecified date, a second governorship lasting from 873 (when
898:
545:
in
Baghdad; v. 37: p. 148. Ubaydallah was likely still governor in 882-883, when his son was acting as his deputy in Baghdad; v. 37: p. 81, and
1071:
385:
Ubaydallah was the author of several works, although they are now believed to be lost. Among his writings were a book about poems and poets (
1076:
485:, p. 72 acknowledges the chronological issues, commenting that Ubaydallah was "three or possibly four times governor of Baghdad."
360:
Aside from his political career, 'Ubdaydallah was renowned for his extensive cultural patronage and expertise, leading the historian
698:
677:
656:
341:
273:
470:
1030:
983:
973:
958:
809:
799:
778:
345:
298:
277:
265:
225:
84:
72:
968:
963:
364:
to call him "the most celebrated of his family in the literary and artistic fields." He was considered to be proficient in
370:
literature, poetry, grammar, history, geometry, and music, and his skills in these fields were praised by authors such as
747:
477:), and a third governorship commencing in 879. Hamzah al-Isfahani's dates are at times used by modern authors, e.g.
891:
474:
276:
he was present in
Baghdad, and throughout the siege of the city he served in a military capacity under his brother
252:
official and military officer. He was the last major
Tahirid to hold high office, having served as the governor of
884:
642:
371:
361:
719:
1061:
861:
326:
1066:
937:
742:. Trans. Baron Mac Guckin de Slane. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
375:
1040:
1035:
993:
840:
830:
466:
365:
321:
following a rapprochement between the central government and 'Amr, but in 891 the
Abbasid prince
130:
694:
673:
652:
394:
337:
207:
1020:
314:
311:
304:
Following
Sulayman's death in late 879, Ubaydallah was again appointed as head of security (
293:
269:
1025:
907:
249:
241:
349:
723:
648:
The
History of the Saffarids of Sistan and the Maliks of Nimruz (247/861 to 949/1542-3)
406:
322:
281:
164:
118:
1055:
759:
733:
285:
60:
397:, a book on melody and the background behind the composition of well-known songs (
763:
737:
709:
688:
667:
646:
517:, p. 182, who claims that he was actually governor of the city at the time.
379:
333:
1009:
137:
91:
33:
947:
851:
847:
820:
816:
789:
785:
253:
203:
141:
95:
37:
461:, v. 35: pp-149-50; v. 36: pp. 13-15; v. 37: pp. 1, 2, 147, 160, 168.
393:), a collection of letters sent to him by the Abbasid prince and poet
921:
666:
Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1982). "The
Tahirids and Arabic Culture".
306:
754:. Vol. 40 vols. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
325:(the future caliph al-Mu'tadid, r. 892β902) appointed his own page
876:
565:. He does not specify if Ubaydallah was dismissed at this point.
382:, and was one of the largest dedicatees of the latter's poetry.
880:
425:
423:
411:), and many of his verses were transmitted by later writers.
734:
Ibn
Khallikan, Shams al-Din Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad
453:
The dates of his governorships used here are derived from
405:). His poetry was also organized into a collection (
16:
Governor of Baghdad and military officer (c.838β913)
1007:
945:
914:
221:
213:
197:
189:
184:
170:
160:
136:
124:
114:
90:
78:
66:
56:
32:
21:
514:
462:
739:Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Vol. II
473:) to 876 (when Muhammad was freed following the
1087:10th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate
558:
538:
526:
510:
506:
497:, v. 35: pp. 50, 67, 68, 70, 78, 83, 104, 114.
494:
458:
1082:9th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate
892:
672:. London: Variorum Reprints. pp. 45β79.
626:
610:
429:
8:
238:Abu Ahmad Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
899:
885:
877:
772:
669:Medieval Arabic culture and administration
18:
310:) in Baghdad, this time as deputy to the
748:Al-Tabari, Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir
622:
602:
590:
574:
482:
454:
441:
248:, c. 838 β May 913) was a ninth century
693:. New York: Columbia University Press.
419:
256:at various points between 867 and 891.
246:Ψ£Ψ¨Ω Ψ£ΨΩ
Ψ― ΨΉΨ¨ΩΨ― Ψ§ΩΩΩ Ψ¨Ω ΨΉΨ¨Ψ― Ψ§ΩΩΩ Ψ¨Ω Ψ·Ψ§ΩΨ±
750:(1985β2007). Ehsan Yar-Shater (ed.).
725:Hamzae Ispahanensis Annalium, Libri X
606:
578:
546:
478:
7:
245:
687:Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1996).
387:Kitab al-ishara fi akhbar al-shi'r
14:
999:Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
989:Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
979:Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
722:(1844). Gottwaldt, I.M.E. (ed.).
352:. He died in Baghdad in May 913.
23:Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
936:
760:Al-Ya'qubi, Ahmad ibn Abu Ya'qub
720:Hamzah al-Isfahani, Ibn al-Hasan
651:. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers.
391:Risala fi al-siyasa al-mulukiyya
1031:Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani
984:Sulayman ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
974:Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
841:Muhammad ibn Tahir ibn Abdallah
831:Muhammad ibn Tahir ibn Abdallah
810:Sulayman ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
800:Sulayman ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
779:Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
762:(1883). Houtsma, M. Th. (ed.).
457:, p. 168, supplemented by
299:Sulayman ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
278:Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
969:Abdallah ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim
964:Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim
1:
711:Life and Works of Ibn Er Rumi
471:Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar
389:), a treatise on government (
1072:Tahirid governors of Baghdad
959:Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Mus'abi
403:Kitab al-bara'a wa al-fasaha
323:Abu al-Abbas ibn al-Muwaffaq
272:from 828 to 845. During the
401:), and a work on rhetoric (
284:(r. 862β866) to the victor
1103:
1077:9th-century Iranian people
329:to that position instead.
264:Ubaydallah was the son of
934:
858:
845:
837:
827:
814:
806:
796:
783:
775:
714:. London: Luzac & Co.
690:The New Islamic Dynasties
643:Bosworth, Clifford Edmund
231:
180:
149:
103:
45:
28:
752:The History of Al-αΉ¬abarΔ«
728:. Leipzig: Leopold Voss.
372:Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani
362:Clifford Edmund Bosworth
1041:Muhammad ibn Tahir (II)
1036:Tahir (II) ibn Abdallah
994:Muhammad ibn Tahir (II)
868:as non-Tahirid governor
515:Hamzah al-Isfahani 1844
475:Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul
463:Hamzah al-Isfahani 1844
399:Kitab al-adab al-rafi'a
768:. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
708:Guest, Rhuvon (1944).
625:, pp. 71β72, 74;
85:Sulayman ibn Abdallah
73:Muhammad ibn Abdallah
509:, v. 36: pp. 13-15;
274:civil war of 865β866
217:Ahmad ibn Ubaydallah
559:Al-Tabari 1985β2007
539:Al-Tabari 1985β2007
527:Al-Tabari 1985β2007
507:Al-Tabari 1985β2007
495:Al-Tabari 1985β2007
459:Al-Tabari 1985β2007
627:Ibn Khallikan 1843
611:Ibn Khallikan 1843
609:, pp. 12β15;
605:, pp. 71β76;
577:, pp. 74β75;
549:, pp. 14, 79.
529:, v. 37: pp. 1, 2.
481:, p. 14, and
467:Muhammad ibn Tahir
430:Ibn Khallikan 1843
268:, the governor of
266:Abdallah ibn Tahir
226:Abdallah ibn Tahir
131:Muhammad ibn Tahir
1049:
1048:
1014:
952:
929:Husayn ibn Mus'ab
926:Mus'ab ibn Ruzaiq
875:
874:
871:
862:Badr al-Mu'tadidi
859:Succeeded by
828:Succeeded by
797:Succeeded by
765:Historiae, Vol. 2
327:Badr al-Mu'tadidi
235:
234:
208:Abbasid Caliphate
1094:
1021:Tahir ibn Husayn
1012:
950:
940:
901:
894:
887:
878:
865:
838:Preceded by
807:Preceded by
776:Preceded by
773:
769:
755:
743:
729:
715:
704:
683:
662:
630:
629:, pp. 80β81
620:
614:
613:, pp. 79β81
600:
594:
588:
582:
572:
566:
556:
550:
543:sahib al-shurtah
536:
530:
524:
518:
504:
498:
492:
486:
469:was captured by
451:
445:
439:
433:
427:
315:Amr ibn al-Layth
294:Bugha al-Sharabi
247:
185:Personal details
173:
154:
127:
108:
81:
69:
50:
19:
1102:
1101:
1097:
1096:
1095:
1093:
1092:
1091:
1052:
1051:
1050:
1045:
1026:Talha ibn Tahir
1003:
941:
932:
910:
908:Tahirid dynasty
905:
864:
855:
843:
833:
824:
812:
802:
793:
781:
758:
746:
732:
718:
707:
701:
686:
680:
665:
659:
641:
638:
633:
621:
617:
601:
597:
589:
585:
573:
569:
557:
553:
537:
533:
525:
521:
511:Al-Ya'qubi 1883
505:
501:
493:
489:
452:
448:
440:
436:
428:
421:
417:
358:
262:
202:
171:
155:
150:
144:
125:
109:
104:
99:(second period)
98:
79:
67:
51:
46:
40:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1100:
1098:
1090:
1089:
1084:
1079:
1074:
1069:
1064:
1054:
1053:
1047:
1046:
1044:
1043:
1038:
1033:
1028:
1023:
1017:
1015:
1005:
1004:
1002:
1001:
996:
991:
986:
981:
976:
971:
966:
961:
955:
953:
943:
942:
935:
933:
931:
930:
927:
924:
918:
916:
912:
911:
906:
904:
903:
896:
889:
881:
873:
872:
860:
857:
844:
839:
835:
834:
829:
826:
813:
808:
804:
803:
798:
795:
782:
777:
771:
770:
756:
744:
730:
716:
705:
699:
684:
678:
663:
657:
637:
634:
632:
631:
615:
595:
593:, p. 140.
583:
567:
551:
531:
519:
499:
487:
446:
434:
418:
416:
413:
395:Ibn al-Mu'tazz
357:
354:
338:Ibn al-Mu'tazz
288:(r. 866β869).
261:
258:
233:
232:
229:
228:
223:
219:
218:
215:
211:
210:
199:
195:
194:
191:
187:
186:
182:
181:
178:
177:
174:
168:
167:
162:
158:
157:
147:
146:
145:(third period)
134:
133:
128:
122:
121:
116:
112:
111:
101:
100:
88:
87:
82:
76:
75:
70:
64:
63:
58:
54:
53:
43:
42:
41:(first period)
30:
29:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1099:
1088:
1085:
1083:
1080:
1078:
1075:
1073:
1070:
1068:
1065:
1063:
1060:
1059:
1057:
1042:
1039:
1037:
1034:
1032:
1029:
1027:
1024:
1022:
1019:
1018:
1016:
1011:
1008:Governors of
1006:
1000:
997:
995:
992:
990:
987:
985:
982:
980:
977:
975:
972:
970:
967:
965:
962:
960:
957:
956:
954:
949:
946:Governors of
944:
939:
928:
925:
923:
920:
919:
917:
913:
909:
902:
897:
895:
890:
888:
883:
882:
879:
870:
869:
863:
854:
853:
849:
842:
836:
832:
823:
822:
818:
811:
805:
801:
792:
791:
787:
780:
774:
767:
766:
761:
757:
753:
749:
745:
741:
740:
735:
731:
727:
726:
721:
717:
713:
712:
706:
702:
700:0-231-10714-5
696:
692:
691:
685:
681:
679:0-86078-113-5
675:
671:
670:
664:
660:
658:1-56859-015-6
654:
650:
649:
644:
640:
639:
635:
628:
624:
623:Bosworth 1982
619:
616:
612:
608:
604:
603:Bosworth 1982
599:
596:
592:
591:Bosworth 1994
587:
584:
580:
576:
575:Bosworth 1982
571:
568:
564:
560:
555:
552:
548:
544:
540:
535:
532:
528:
523:
520:
516:
512:
508:
503:
500:
496:
491:
488:
484:
483:Bosworth 1982
480:
476:
472:
468:
464:
460:
456:
455:Bosworth 1996
450:
447:
444:, p. 71.
443:
442:Bosworth 1982
438:
435:
432:, p. 81.
431:
426:
424:
420:
414:
412:
410:
409:
404:
400:
396:
392:
388:
383:
381:
377:
373:
369:
368:
363:
355:
353:
351:
347:
343:
339:
335:
330:
328:
324:
320:
316:
313:
309:
308:
302:
300:
295:
289:
287:
283:
279:
275:
271:
267:
259:
257:
255:
251:
243:
239:
230:
227:
224:
220:
216:
212:
209:
205:
200:
196:
192:
188:
183:
179:
175:
169:
166:
163:
159:
153:
148:
143:
139:
135:
132:
129:
123:
120:
117:
113:
107:
102:
97:
93:
89:
86:
83:
77:
74:
71:
65:
62:
59:
55:
49:
44:
39:
35:
31:
27:
20:
998:
988:
978:
867:
866:
850:governor of
846:
819:governor of
815:
788:governor of
784:
764:
751:
738:
724:
710:
689:
668:
647:
618:
598:
586:
581:, p. 29
570:
562:
554:
542:
534:
522:
502:
490:
449:
437:
407:
402:
398:
390:
386:
384:
376:al-Shabushti
366:
359:
350:Banu'l-Furat
331:
318:
305:
303:
290:
263:
237:
236:
172:Succeeded by
151:
126:Succeeded by
105:
80:Succeeded by
47:
1062:830s births
380:Ibn al-Rumi
282:al-Musta'in
68:Preceded by
1067:913 deaths
1056:Categories
636:References
607:Guest 1944
579:Guest 1944
547:Guest 1944
479:Guest 1944
334:al-Muktafi
286:al-Mu'tazz
165:al-Mutamid
119:Al-Mutamid
61:Al-Mu'tazz
1013:(821β873)
951:(820β891)
915:Ancestors
156:889 - 891
152:In office
110:879 - 885
106:In office
52:867 - 869
48:In office
1010:Khurasan
856:889β891
825:879β885
794:867β869
736:(1843).
645:(1994).
312:Saffarid
301:in 869.
270:Khurasan
214:Children
138:Governor
92:Governor
34:Governor
948:Baghdad
852:Baghdad
848:Tahirid
821:Baghdad
817:Tahirid
790:Baghdad
786:Tahirid
563:shurtah
356:Culture
348:of the
319:shurtah
307:shurtah
254:Baghdad
250:Tahirid
204:Baghdad
201:May 913
161:Monarch
142:Baghdad
115:Monarch
96:Baghdad
57:Monarch
38:Baghdad
922:Ruzaiq
697:
676:
655:
340:, and
260:Career
242:Arabic
222:Parent
415:Notes
408:diwan
342:Ahmad
695:ISBN
674:ISBN
653:ISBN
374:and
367:adab
344:and
198:Died
190:Born
176:None
346:Ali
193:838
140:of
94:of
36:of
1058::
422:^
336:,
244::
206:,
900:e
893:t
886:v
703:.
682:.
661:.
240:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.