Abd al-Samad ibn Ali
Abd al-Samad ibn Ali al-Hashimi (Arabic: عبد الصمد بن علي الهاشمي) was an eighth century Abbasid personage. He served as the governor of al-Jazira for the Abbasid Caliphate.
Abd al-Samad ibn Ali عبد الصمد بن علي | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Jazira | |
| In office 780–780s | |
| Monarch | al-Mahdi |
| Preceded by | Al-Fadl ibn Salih |
| Governor of Medina and Mecca | |
| In office 772–776 | |
| Monarch | al-Mansur |
| Preceded by | Hasan ibn Zayd |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad ibn Abdallah al-Kathiri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Humayma, Bilad al-Sham |
| Died | c. 780s Abbasid Caliphate |
| Parent |
|
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Years of service | 750s – 770s |
Abd al-Samad was the son of Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas. He was a paternal uncle of the first two Abbasid caliphs al-Saffah (r. 750–754) and al-Mansur (r. 754–775), making him one of the "uncles" ('umumah) that held a high degree of influence during the early years following the Abbasid Revolution.
His nephew, al-Mansur appointed him[1][2] governor of Medina and Mecca in 772. He was dismissed from the office in 776.
In 775, Al-Fadl ibn Salih was appointed governor of the region of al-Jazira north of Damascus by the Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi. He moved to al-Jazira the same year. Al-Fadl returned to Damascus following his trip to Jerusalem in 780 where he accompanied al-Mahdi as part of his entourage.[3] It was around this time when he was deposed as governor of al-Jazira and replaced by Abd al-Samad ibn Ali.[4]
References
- Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 29: pp. 74, 80, 168, 171
- Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, pp. 431, 440; Al-Baladhuri 1916, p. 25.
- Cobb, 2001, pp.27-28.
- Tabari, Kennedy, 1990 p.203.
Sources
- Cobb, Paul M. (2001). White banners: contention in ʻAbbāsid Syria, 750-880. SUNY Press. ISBN 0-7914-4880-0.
- Tabari, Abu Ja'far (1990). Hugh N. Kennedy (ed.). Al-Manṣūr and Al-Mahdī. SUNY Press. ISBN 0-7914-0143-X.
- Khalifah ibn Khayyat (1985). al-Umari, Akram Diya' (ed.). Tarikh Khalifah ibn Khayyat (in Arabic) (3rd ed.). Al-Riyadh: Dar Taybah.
- Al-Baladhuri, Ahmad ibn Jabir (1916). The Origins of the Islamic State, Part I. Trans. Philip Khuri Hitti. New York: Columbia University.
- Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. (1985–2007). The History of al-Ṭabarī (40 vols). SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7249-1.