Al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Ḥasan al-Jarjarāʾī () was a senior

Abbasid The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (; ) was the third caliphate to succeed the prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 C ...

official and

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from October 904 until his murder on 16 December 908. As his '' nisba'' shows, he came from the locality of Jarjaraya, south of

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. He began his career as private secretary to

al-Qasim ibn Ubayd Allah Abu'l-Husayn al-Qasim ibn Ubayd Allah () was a senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate who served as vizier from April 901 until his own death in October 904. Hailing from the Banu Wahb, a family of Nestorian Christian origin that had served in ...

. When al-Qasim died in October 904, he recommended either Abbas or the Jarrahid Ali Ibn Isa as his successor; when the latter declined, Caliph

al-Muktafi Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muktafī bi'Llāh (; 877/78 – 13 August 908), better known by his regnal name al-Muktafī bi-Llāh (), was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate f ...

(reigned 902–908) duly appointed Abbas to the post. His tenure of office was marked by a close alliance with the Banu'l-Furat, whose leader Abu'l-Hasan Ali became his chief aide and designated successor. When al-Muktafi died in 908, it fell on Abbas and the senior bureaucrats to decide on his successor. In the end, Abbas heeded the advice of Abu'l-Hasan Ali, who counselled the selection of a weak ruler who would be easy to manipulate: al-Muktafi's 13-year-old brother Ja'far, who became Caliph

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(r. 908–932). In December 908, a palace revolt broke out led by the Jarrahids and the

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al-Husayn ibn Hamdan, aiming to install his more mature and experienced uncle,

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, in his stead. The revolt ultimately failed, but not before the rebels managed to kill Abbas.

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