Gharib ibn Abdallah, surnamed al-Khal ('the Maternal Uncle'), was the brother of

Shaghab Shaghab () (died 933) was the mother of the eighteenth Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir (), and wielded a considerable influence over state affairs during the reign of her son. She was commonly referred to only as Umm al-Muqtadir (mother of al-Muqtadir) ...

, the influential mother of

Abbasid caliph The Abbasid caliphs were the holders of the Islamic title of caliph who were members of the Abbasid dynasty, a branch of the Quraysh tribe descended from the uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. The family came t ...

al-Muqtadir Abu’l-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Ahmad al-Muʿtaḍid ( ar, أبو الفضل جعفر بن أحمد المعتضد) (895 – 31 October 932 AD), better known by his regnal name Al-Muqtadir bi-llāh ( ar, المقتدر بالله, "Mighty in God"), wa ...

(), and a powerful figure in his nephew's court. He was one of the most prominent military commanders of the time, and served as governor of the Syrian frontier with 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 ...

in 910, and of

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in 912. In the sources, he is often mentioned in tandem with the Abbasid commander-in-chief,

Mu'nis al-Muzaffar Abū'l-Ḥasan Mu'nis al-Qushuri ( ar, ابوالحسن مؤنس ابوالحسن; 845/6–933), also commonly known by the surnames al-Muẓaffar (; ) and al-Khadim (; 'the Eunuch'), was the commander-in-chief of the Abbasid army from 908 to his ...

, as the most powerful men of the state. When he died in 917, the entire court attended his funeral. His offspring also attained prominent roles at court, especially his son,

Harun Harun, also transliterated as Haroon or Haroun ( ar, هارون, ) is a common male given name of Arabic origin, related to the Hebrew name of the Prophet Aaron. Both are most likely of Ancient Egyptian origin, from ''aha rw'', meaning "warrior li ...

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* * {{cite book , last = El Cheikh , first = Nadia Maria , chapter = The Harem , pages = 165–185 , title = Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court: Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) , location = Leiden , publisher = BRILL , year = 2013 , isbn = 978-90-04-25271-4 , chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cUodAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA165 9th-century births 917 deaths 10th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate Generals of the Abbasid Caliphate Governors of the Abbasid Caliphate