Al-Fadl ibn Yahya

Al-Fadl ibn Yahya
Abbasid governor of Arminiyah
In office
791–793
MonarchHarun al-Rashid
Preceded byAbd al-Qadir (791–791)
Succeeded byUmar ibn Ayyub al-Kinani (793–793)
Abbasid governor of Tabaristan and Ray
In office
792–797
MonarchHarun al-Rashid
Abbasid governor of Khorasan
In office
794/5–795/6
MonarchHarun al-Rashid
Personal details
BornFebruary 766
Abbasid Caliphate
DiedOctober/November 808
Abbasid prison of Raqqa, Raqqa, Abbasid Caliphate, (now Syria)
Cause of deathDied in Prison of Raqqa
Parents

Al-Fadl ibn Yahya al-Barmaki (Arabic: الفضل البرمكي) (February 766 – October/November 808[1]) was a member of the distinguished Barmakid family, attaining high offices in the Abbasid Caliphate under Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809).

Fadl was the eldest son of Yahya al-Barmaki,[2] the founder of the family's fortunes. During the caliphate of Harun al-Rashid, he served as tutor to his heir, the future Caliph al-Amin (r. 809–813),[3] and held gubernatorial positions over Tabaristan and Rayy (792–797), and over Khurasan (794/5–795/6).[1] In these positions, he distinguished himself "by the benevolence he showed towards the inhabitants of the eastern provinces" (D. Sourdel). He fell out with Harun over his attempts to conciliate the Alids, however, and shared in his family's sudden fall from power in 803.[3] He remained imprisoned thereafter and died at Raqqa in 808.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c Zetterstéen (1987), p. 37
  2. ^ 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. 163–. ISBN 978-1-4798-5098-3.
  3. ^ a b c Sourdel (1965), p. 732