Abdallah ibn Hamdan
Abu'l-Hayja Abdallah ibn Hamdan (
Life
Abdallah was a son of the patriarch of the
In 908, he was ordered to pursue his brother,
Released shortly after, Abdallah joined Mu'nis in a campaign against the rebellious governor of
As a prominent member of the Abbasid court, Abdallah was mostly absent from Mosul, instead entrusting the region to his son al-Hasan as his deputy.
Harun ibn Gharib, a cousin of al-Muqtadir who aimed to supplant Mu'nis as commander-in-chief and succeeded in being named governor of the Jibal, dismissed Abdallah from his governorship of Dinawar, which enraged the Hamdanid and caused him to come with his troops to Baghdad, to avenge himself on Harun.[1][9] This grievance led him to ally with the police chief of Baghdad, Nazuk, and together they began to turn Mu'nis against Harun and the caliph. Al-Muqtadir readily gave into Mu'nis' demands to banish Harun, but the conspirators, driven by Nazuk, now determined to depose the caliph outright.[10] On the morning of 27 February 929, they invaded the palace and deposed al-Muqtadir in favour of his half-brother, al-Qahir.[11] For his role, Abdallah secured an extensive governorship, but within a few days, opposition to the new regime arose, and al-Qahir and his supporters were besieged in the caliphal palace. Abdallah was killed there, defending al-Qahir, whom he had sworn to protect (and who would actually reign as caliph in 932–934).[12][13][14] His qualities as an honest and generous man and a brave warrior were universally admired, so that even the restored caliph, al-Muqtadir, issued a pardon for him in hopes that he might be taken alive, and then mourned his death.[15][16]
Descendants
His son al-Hasan, better known as
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Canard 1971, p. 126.
- ^ Kennedy 2004, p. 269.
- ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 266–267.
- ^ a b Kennedy 2004, p. 267.
- ^ Bowen 1928, p. 237.
- ^ a b Kennedy 2004, p. 268.
- ^ Bowen 1928, p. 264.
- ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 192, 268.
- ^ Bowen 1928, p. 281.
- ^ Bowen 1928, pp. 281–283.
- ^ Bowen 1928, pp. 283–284.
- ^ Canard 1971, pp. 126–127.
- ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 191–193, 268.
- ^ For a detailed account of his death, cf. Kennedy 2006, pp. 157–159
- ^ a b Canard 1971, p. 127.
- ^ Bowen 1928, pp. 285–286.
- ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 270–271.
- ^ Canard 1971, pp. 127–129.
- ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 271–273, 295–296.
- ^ Canard 1971, p. 129.
- ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 273–280.
- ^ Canard 1971, pp. 130–131.
- ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 280–281.
Sources
- Bowen, Harold (1928). The Life and Times of ʿAlí Ibn ʿÍsà, ‘The Good Vizier’. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 386849.
- OCLC 495469525.
- ISBN 978-0-582-40525-7.
- ISBN 978-0-306-81480-8.