| Barmakids برمکیان | |
|---|---|
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| Current region | Balkh, Khorasan, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Titles | Vizier, Governor |
| Traditions | Buddhism (originally) |
| Dissolution | Declined during Harun al-Rashid's reign |
The Barmakids (Persian: برمکیان Barmakiyân; Arabic: البرامكة al-Barāmikah[1]), also spelled Barmecides, were an influential Iranian[2][3] family from Balkh, where they were originally hereditary Buddhist leaders (in the Nawbahar monastery),[a][5] and subsequently came to great political power under the Abbasid caliphs of Baghdad. Khalid, the son of Barmak became the chief minister (vizier) of Al Saffah, the first Caliph of the Abbasid dynasty. His son Yahya aided Harun al-Rashid in capturing the throne and rose to power as the most powerful man in the Caliphate.
The Barmakids were remarkable for their majesty, splendor and hospitality. They are mentioned in some stories of the One Thousand and One Nights.
- ^ Harold Bailey, 1943. "Iranica" BSOAS 11: p. 2. India - Department of Archaeology, and V. S. Mirashi (ed.), Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era vol. 4 of Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, 1955, pp. clxx, 612, 614, 616.
- ^ Barthold & Sourdel 1960, p. 1033.
- ^ Yarshater, Ehsan; Melville, Charles (2012-01-30). Persian Historiography: History of Persian Literature A. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857721402.
- ^ van Bladel 2011, pp. 43–88.
- ^ Alai Ibn Anjab Ibn Al-Saaai; Shawkat M. Toorawa; Julia Bray; Ibn al-Sai (15 May 2015). Consorts of the Caliphs: Women and the Court of Baghdad. NYU Press. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-1-4798-5098-3.
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