Hamdan ibn Hamdun
Hamdan ibn Hamdun ibn al-Harith al-Taghlibi (fl. 868–895) was a
Life
His family belonged to the
In 879, however, the Abbasid government, in an effort to restore its control, replaced the succession of Tahglibi chieftains as governors of Mosul by a Turkish commander,
In 892, a new Caliph,
As H. Kennedy comments, "this surrender might have seemed the end of the family fortunes as it was for other local leaders in the area", but Hamdan's son Husayn managed to preserve the family's fortunes. Husayn entered the Caliph's service and was instrumental in ending the Kharijite Rebellion and capturing its leader, Harun al-Shari. He was rewarded by the grateful Mu'tadid with a pardon for his father and the right to raise and command his own corps of Taghlibi horse, which he led on several expeditions over the next few years, becoming one of the Caliphate's most prominent commanders. His influence enabled him to become, in Kennedy's description, the "intermediary between government and the Arabs and Kurds of the Jazira", thereby cementing the family's dominance in the area and laying the foundation for the rise of the Hamdanid dynasty to power under his two grandsons, Nasir al-Dawla and Sayf al-Dawla.[5][6]
References
- ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 265–266.
- ^ a b c d Canard 1971, p. 126.
- ^ a b Kennedy 2004, p. 266.
- ^ Fields 1987, p. 50.
- ^ Canard 1971, pp. 126ff..
- ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 266ff..
Sources
- OCLC 495469525.
- Fields, Philip M., ed. (1987). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXVII: The ʿAbbāsid Recovery: The War Against the Zanj Ends, A.D. 879–893/A.H. 266–279. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-054-0.
- ISBN 978-0-582-40525-7.