Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi

Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi
عبيد الله بن محمد المهدي
Governor of Arminiya
In officec. 788 – 791
PredecessorYazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani
SuccessorAbd al-Qadir (791) then Al-Fadl ibn Yahya
Governor of Egypt
In office795 – 795
(first term)
PredecessorAbdallah ibn al-Musayyab
SuccessorMusa ibn Isa
In office796 – 797
(second term)
PredecessorMusa ibn Isa
SuccessorIsma'il ibn Salih
Born771
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Died810/11
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, now Iraq
Burial
Baghdad
Names
Ubaydallah ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi ibn Abdallah al-Mansur
DynastyAbbasid
FatherAl-Mahdi
MotherRaytah
ReligionIslam

Ubaydallah ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi (Arabic: عبيد الله بن محمد المهدي, romanizedʿUbayd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Mahdī)[1] (771–810/11) was an Abbasid prince. He was the son of al-Mahdi, the third caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, and Raytah, daughter of the first Abbasid caliph Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah.[2]

  1. ^ Le Strange 1922, p. 218 notes that he is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Abdallah ibn al-Mahdi."
  2. ^ Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi 2011, p. 310; Ibn Hazm 1982, p. 22.