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Hamdawayh Ibn 'Ali Ibn 'Isa Ibn Mahan
Hamdawayh ibn Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahan ( ar, حمدويه بن علي بن عيسى بن ماهان) was a ninth century military commander for the Abbasid Caliphate. He became the governor of the Yemen in 816, but he subsequently led a rebellion against the central government, which lasted until his defeat and capture in 820. Career Hamdawayh was the son of Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahan, a former leader of the Abna al-dawla, ''abna and the long-serving governor of Khurasan during the caliphate of Harun al-Rashid (). He himself first appears in 815, when he was an officer serving among forces loyal to al-Hasan ibn Sahl in southern Iraq, during the Fourth Fitna#Sahlid dominance and reaction, 813–819, tumultuous period in the aftermath of the civil war between the rival caliphs al-Amin () and al-Ma'mun (). Following the death of the pro-Alids, Alid rebel Abu al-Saraya al-Sirri in late 815, Hamdawayh was appointed by al-Hasan as governor of the Yemen, which was then in the hands of the Alid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Ma'mun
Abu al-Abbas Abdallah ibn Harun al-Rashid ( ar, أبو العباس عبد الله بن هارون الرشيد, Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hārūn ar-Rashīd; 14 September 786 – 9 August 833), better known by his regnal name Al-Ma'mun ( ar, المأمون, al-Maʾmūn), was the seventh Abbasid caliph, who reigned from 813 until his death in 833. He succeeded his half-brother al-Amin after a civil war, during which the cohesion of the Abbasid Caliphate was weakened by rebellions and the rise of local strongmen; much of his domestic reign was consumed in pacification campaigns. Well educated and with a considerable interest in scholarship, al-Ma'mun promoted the Translation Movement, the flowering of learning and the sciences in Baghdad, and the publishing of al-Khwarizmi's book now known as "Algebra". He is also known for supporting the doctrine of Mu'tazilism and for imprisoning Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, the rise of religious persecution ('' mihna''), and for the resum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
