Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ( ar, محمد بن إسحاق بن إبراهيم, died June 851) was a Mus'abid chief of security of

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

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-Muttal ...

, from 850 until his death.

Career

Muhammad was the son of

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Mus'abi Abu al-Husayn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ( ar, أبو الحسين إسحاق بن إبراهيم, died July 850) was a ninth-century official in the service of the Abbasid Caliphate. A member of the Mus'abid family, he was related to the Tahirid governor ...

, a member of a collateral branch of the Tahirid family and the head of security ('' shurtah'') in Baghdad from 822 to 850. During his father's lifetime Muhammad had been sent to attend the court of the caliph in

Samarra Samarra ( ar, سَامَرَّاء, ') is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. The city of Samarra was founded by Abbasid Caliph Al-Mutasim for his Turkish professional ar ...

, where he entered into the service of the central government and acted as Ishaq's representative. Upon the death of Ishaq in July 850, Muhammad succeeded him as chief of security of Baghdad; at the same time, by delivering the valuables in Ishaq's storehouses to the caliph

al-Mutawakkil Abū al-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Muʿtaṣim bi-ʾllāh ( ar, جعفر بن محمد المعتصم بالله; March 822 – 11 December 861), better known by his regnal name Al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh (, "He who relies on God") was ...

and his heirs al-Muntasir and

al-Mu'tazz Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ( ar, أبو عبد الله محمد بن جعفر; 847 – 16 July 869), better known by his regnal title al-Muʿtazz bi-ʾllāh (, "He who is strengthened by God") was the Abbasid caliph from 866 to 86 ...

, he secured their favor and was given control over

al-Yamama Al-Yamama ( ar, اليَمامَة, al-Yamāma) is a historical region in the southeastern Najd in modern-day Saudi Arabia, or sometimes more specifically, the now-extinct ancient village of Jaww al-Yamamah, near al-Kharj, after which the rest ...

h, al-Bahrayn,

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and the Mecca Road as a reward. He also received Fars, but this appointment forced to deal with that province's governor, his uncle Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Mus'abi, who adopted a hostile attitude toward him. In response, Muhammad deposed his uncle from his governorship and procured his murder, and appointed his cousin al-Husayn ibn Isma'il al-Mus'abi to govern Fars instead. Muhammad died in June 851, after which his positions in Baghdad and the

Sawad Sawad was the name used in early Islamic times (7th–12th centuries) for southern Iraq. It means "black land" or "arable land" and refers to the stark contrast between the alluvial plain of Mesopotamia and the Arabian Desert. Under the Umayya ...

were assigned to

'Abdallah ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim Abdallah ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ( ar, عبد الله بن إسحاق بن إبراهيم) was a Mus'abid official in the service of the Abbasid Caliphate. He was briefly the governor of Baghdad in 851, and the governor of Fars in c. 863. Caree ...

.; .

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