Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir

Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
Governor of Baghdad
(first period)
In office
867 - 869
MonarchAl-Mu'tazz
Preceded byMuhammad ibn Abdallah
Succeeded bySulayman ibn Abdallah
Governor of Baghdad
(second period)
In office
879 - 885
MonarchAl-Mutamid
Succeeded byMuhammad ibn Tahir
Governor of Baghdad
(third period)
In office
889 - 891
Monarchal-Mutamid
Succeeded byNone
Personal details
Born838
DiedMay 913
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
ChildrenAhmad ibn Ubaydallah
ParentAbdallah ibn Tahir

Abu Ahmad Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir (Arabic: أبو أحمد عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن طاهر, c. 838 – May 913)[1] was a ninth century Tahirid official and military officer. He was the last major Tahirid to hold high office,[2] having served as the governor of Baghdad at various points between 867 and 891.[3]

  1. ^ Ibn Khallikan 1843, p. 81.
  2. ^ Bosworth 1982, p. 71.
  3. ^ The dates of his governorships used here are derived from Bosworth 1996, p. 168, supplemented by Al-Tabari 1985–2007, v. 35: pp-149-50; v. 36: pp. 13-15; v. 37: pp. 1, 2, 147, 160, 168. Hamzah al-Isfahani 1844, pp. 181–184, however, provides contradictory information, mentioning a first governorship of unspecified date, a second governorship lasting from 873 (when Muhammad ibn Tahir was captured by Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar) to 876 (when Muhammad was freed following the Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul), and a third governorship commencing in 879. Hamzah al-Isfahani's dates are at times used by modern authors, e.g. Guest 1944, p. 14, and Bosworth 1982, p. 72 acknowledges the chronological issues, commenting that Ubaydallah was "three or possibly four times governor of Baghdad."