Al-Mu'ayyad

Al-Mu'ayyad
المؤيد
Governor of Syria
In office
850 – 855
MonarchAl-Mutawakkil
Preceded byMalik ibn Tawk
(847–850)
Succeeded byal-Fath ibn Hakan al-Turki
(856–861)
In office
856 – 861
MonarchAl-Mutawakkil
Deputyal-Fath ibn Hakan al-Turki
Personal details
Born842/844
Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate (now Iraq)
Died866
Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate
Parents
RelativesAl-Muntasir (brother)
Al-Musta'in (cousin)
Al-Mu'tazz (brother)
Al-Muhtadi (cousin)
Al-Mu'tamid (brother)

Ibrahim ibn Jaʽfar al-Mutawakkil (Arabic: ابراهيم بن جعفر المتوكل; died 866), better known by his laqab al-Mu'ayyad (المؤيد, was an Abbasid prince, the third son of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil, He was the governor of Syria from 850 to 861 and also for a time third-in-line to the Abbasid throne.

Al-Mua'yyad was the brother of al-Muntasir and al-Mu'tazz, who both would eventually become caliphs as well.