Al-Fadl ibn Qarin al-Tabari ( ar, الفضل بن قارن الطبري) was a ninth century military commander and provincial governor for the

Abbasid Caliphate The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...

. He served as the governor of

Hims ar, حمصي, Himsi , population_urban = , population_density_urban_km2 = , population_density_urban_sq_mi = , population_blank1_title = Ethnicities , population_blank1 = , population_blank2_t ...

from 862 until he was killed during a revolt in 864.

Career

Al-Fadl was the brother of Mazyar ibn Qarin, who had been the ruler of

Tabaristan Tabaristan or Tabarestan ( fa, طبرستان, Ṭabarestān, or mzn, تبرستون, Tabarestun, ultimately from Middle Persian: , ''Tapur(i)stān''), was the name applied to a mountainous region located on the Caspian coast of northern Iran. ...

until an unsuccessful rebellion in 839, and his own ''nisbah'' of "al-Tabari" suggests an origin from that province. In 860 al-Fadl participated in the raids against the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

; commanding twenty vessels, he undertook a naval expedition and attacked the fortress of Attaleia in southwest

Anatolia Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The ...

. Two years later he was appointed by the caliph

al-Musta'in Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ( ar, أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن محمد; 836 – 17 October 866), better known by his regnal title Al-Mustaʿīn (836 – 17 October 866) was the Abbasid caliph from 8 ...

as governor of Hims, following a revolt which had resulted in the flight of its previous governor Kaydar ibn 'Abdallah al-Ushrusani. Upon arriving in the district he was approached by the local residents, who explained that their actions had been prompted by Kaydar's misrule, and he was able to enter the city of Hims without opposition. Despite the peaceful start to his governorship, al-Fadl soon learned of a fresh plot by the people of Hims to rebel against him. He therefore rounded up a group of alleged leaders of the revolt, beheading some of them and sending one hundred notables to the caliph in Samarra. He also dismantled the city walls and ordered that the street pavements be removed. These measures, however, failed to stifle the unrest, and eventually the people of Hims and a group of the

Banu Kalb The Banu Kalb ( ar, بنو كلب) was an Arab tribe which mainly dwelt in the desert between northwestern Arabia and central Syria. The Kalb was involved in the tribal politics of the eastern frontiers of the Byzantine Empire, possibly as early ...

united under the leadership of one 'Utayf ibn Ni'mah al-Kalbi and revolted against al-Fadl. The latter barricaded himself in the palace of Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah, but was betrayed by his followers and handed over to the rebels who, after robbing him of his money and wives, killed him and hung his body on the city gates. Following his death, Hims remained in a state of rebellion until it was again pacified by the general

Musa ibn Bugha al-Kabir Musa ibn Bugha al-Kabir (died 877) was an Abbasid military leader of Turkic origin. Musa was the son of Bugha al-Kabir, one of the leading Turkish generals under Caliph al-Mu'tasim (r. 833–842). He may have participated in or at least organized ...

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* * * * * {{cite book , title=Historiae, Vol. 2 , editor-first=M. Th. , editor-last=Houtsma , last=Al-Ya'qubi , first=Ahmad ibn Abu Ya'qub , author-link=Al-Ya'qubi , year=1883 , publisher=E. J. Brill , location=Leiden , isbn= , url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wD0yAQAAMAAJ 864 deaths 9th-century Iranian people Governors of the Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid people of the Arab–Byzantine wars Admirals of the Abbasid Caliphate Qarinvand dynasty