Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Mus'abi | |
|---|---|
| Chief of security (Shurtah) in Baghdad | |
| In office 822 – 850 | |
| Monarchs | Al-Ma'mun, al-Mu'tasim, al-Wathiq, & al-Mutawakkil |
| Preceded by | Tahir ibn Husayn |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad ibn Ishaq |
| Deputy head of Samarran security | |
| In office 836 – 840s | |
| Monarch | al-Mu'tasim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown date |
| Died | July 850 Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Children | Husayn ibn Ishaq Muhammad ibn Ishaq |
| Parent | Ibrahim al-Mus'abi |
Abu al-Husayn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim[1] (Arabic: أبو الحسين إسحاق بن إبراهيم, died July 850) was a ninth-century official in the service of the Abbasid Caliphate. A member of the Mus'abid family, he was related to the Tahirid governors of Khurasan, and was himself a prominent enforcer of caliphal policy during the reigns of al-Ma'mun, al-Mu'tasim, al-Wathiq, and al-Mutawakkil.[2]
In 822 he was appointed as chief of security (shurtah) of Baghdad, and over the next three decades he oversaw many of the major developments in that city, including the implementation of the mihnah or inquisition, the removal of the Abbasid central government to Samarra, and the suppression of the attempted rebellion of Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khuza'i. After his death, the shurtah of Baghdad briefly remained in the hands of his sons, before being transferred to the Tahirid Muhammad ibn 'Abdallah ibn Tahir in 851.