Al-Husayn ibn Isma'il al-Mus'abi

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Al-Husayn ibn Isma'il al-Mus'abi
Fars
In office
850 - 861
MonarchAl-Mutawakkil
Preceded byMuhammad ibn Ibrahim
Chief of security (Shurtah) in Baghdad
In office
870 - 885
MonarchAl-Mu'tamid
Personal details
Bornunknown date
Abbasid Caliphate
Died885
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
ParentIsma'il ibn Ibrahim ibn Mus'ab
Military service
AllegianceAbbasid Caliphate
Years of service861 - 867
Battles/warsFifth Fitna

Al-Husayn ibn Isma'il ibn Ibrahim ibn Mus'ab (

Arabic: الحسين بن إسماعيل بن إبراهيم بن مصعب, died November 886)[1] was a ninth century army commander in the service of the Abbasid Caliphate. He was particularly active during the period known as the Anarchy at Samarra
(861–870).

Career

A member of the Mus'abid family, al-Husayn was a blood relation of the

haras) when the caliph made his journey to Damascus, and in the following year he is reported to have been appointed as chamberlain (hajib) upon the death of Ibrahim ibn al-Hasan ibn Sahl.[4]

Following the death of al-Mutawakkil in 861, al-Husayn returned to

civil war of 865–866 between the rival caliphs al-Musta'in and al-Mu'tazz he played a prominent role as one of Muhammad's lieutenants in defending Baghdad against a yearlong siege, having initially commanded the defense of the Shammasiyyah Gate on the east side of the city and later helping to repulse an assault by the besieging Samarran army. In the summer of that year he was charged with recapturing the town of Anbar from the forces of al-Mu'tazz, but despite having a great number of troops he was twice repulsed with heavy losses, causing Muhammad to publicly chastise both him and his men as a result.[6]

After the end of the war al-Husayn appears to have remained in the service of Muhammad until the latter's death in 867, and he participated in the suppression of a troop riot in Baghdad in 866.

Shakiriyyah troops. He had a much more tense relationship with the next governor Sulayman ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir, who stripped him of his positions and imprisoned his subordinates, and a dispute between him and several other Baghdadi commanders against Sulayman's officer Muhammad ibn Aws quickly escalated into a spate of violent clashes in 869.[8]

In 870 al-Husayn is mentioned as overseeing the seasonal festival (mawsim) during the pilgrimage of that year.[9] He later held the office of chief of security (shurta) of Baghdad on behalf of Muhammad ibn Tahir in 885, during which time he protected a local monastery from being destroyed by a mob.[10]

Notes

  1. ^ Ibn 'Asakir 1995–2000, v. 14: p. 44.
  2. ^ Al-Ya'qubi 1883, p. 621; Ibn 'Asakir 1995–2000, v. 14: p. 44.
  3. ^ Al-Tabari 1985–2007, v. 34: pp. 108-09; Al-Ya'qubi 1883, p. 621; Bosworth 1975, p. 102.
  4. ^ Ibn 'Asakir 1995–2000, v. 6: p. 384; v. 14: p. 44; Cobb 1999, p. 255.
  5. ^ Al-Tabari 1985–2007, v. 35: pp. 17-21; Al-Ya'qubi 1883, p. 608;Ibn 'Asakir 1995–2000, v. 14: p. 44; Zetterstéen & Bosworth 1993, p. 390.
  6. ^ Al-Tabari 1985–2007, v. 35: pp. 45, 47, 71, 78-86, 92; Kennedy 2001, p. 202.
  7. ^ Al-Tabari 1985–2007, v. 35: pp. 127-30.
  8. ^ Al-Tabari 1985–2007, v. 36: pp. 16-21.
  9. ^ Al-Ya'qubi 1883, p. 621.
  10. ^ Al-Tabari 1985–2007, v. 37: p. 148.

References

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    (1985–2007). Ehsan Yar-Shater (ed.). The History of Al-Ṭabarī. Vol. 40 vols. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
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