Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi
Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi إبراهيم بن المهدي | |
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Born | 779 Islam |
Occupation | Singer, Composer, Arabic poet |
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mahdī (
Biography
Ibrahim was the son of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi, he was born during the Caliphate of his father. His full name was Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Mahd ibn Abdallah al-Mansur.
Ibrahim's mother was Shaklah, a Negress.[2] Her father was Khwanadan, steward of Masmughan.[3] She had a brother named Humayd.[4] She was acquired by Al-Mahdi together with Al-Bahtariyah, when she was a child. He presented her to his concubine Muhayyat, who, discovering a musical talent in the child, sent her to the famous school of Taif in the Hijaz for a thorough musical education. Years later Al-Mahdi, then caliph, took her as his concubine. She gave birth to Al-Mahdi's powerful and dark-skinned son Ibrahim.[5]
Umm Muhammad was the daughter of Salih al-Miskin and Umm Abdullah bint Isa ibn Ali. She married Harun in November-December 803 in Al-Raqqah. She had been formerly been married to Ibrahim, who had repudiated her.[6]
During the
Ibrahim died in 839 during the Caliphate of his younger nephew al-Mu'tasim.
Siblings
Ibrahim was related to several Abbasid caliphs. He was also contemporary to several Abbasid caliphs, princess and princesses. Ibrahim was at one point married to Abbasid princess Umm Muhammad.
No. | Abbasids | Relation |
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1 | Musa al-Hadi
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Half-brother |
2 | Harun al-Rashid | Half-brother |
3 | Abbasa bint al-Mahdi | Half-sister |
4 | Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi | Half-brother |
5 | Ulayya bint al-Mahdi | Half-sister |
6 | Banuqa bint al-Mahdi | Half-sister |
7 | Mansur ibn al-Mahdi | Half-brother |
8 | Aliyah bint al-Mahdi | Half-sister |
9 | Ali ibn al-Mahdi | Half-brother |
10 | Abdallah ibn al-Mahdi | Half-brother |
11 | Isa ibn al-Mahdi[9] | Half-brother |
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-18571-4.
- ^ Abbott 1946, p. 33.
- ISBN 978-0-521-32662-9.
- ISBN 978-1-4384-0289-5.
- ^ Abbott 1946, pp. 33–34.
- ^ al-Tabari & Bosworth 1989, p. 326.
- ISBN 978-0-88706-058-8.
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- ^ Abbott 1946, p. 31.
Sources
- Abbott, Nabia (1946). Two Queens of Baghdad: Mother and Wife of Hārūn Al Rashīd. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-86356-031-6.
- Kilpatrick, H. (1998). Meisami, Julie Scott; Starkey, Paul (eds.). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-415-18571-4.
- Al-Tabari; John Alden Williams (1988). Al-̣Tabarī: Volume 1, The Reign of Abū Ja'Far Al-Maṇsūr A. D. 754-775: The Early ‛Abbāsī Empire. Al-Tabari. the Early Abbasi Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-521-32662-9.
- al-Tabari, Muhammad Ibn Yarir; Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1989). The History of al-Tabari Vol. 30: The 'Abbasid Caliphate in Equilibrium: The Caliphates of Musa al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid A.D. 785-809/A.H. 169-193. Bibliotheca Persica. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-564-4.
- Fishbein, Michael (2015). The History of al-Tabari Vol. 31: The War between Brothers: The Caliphate of Muhammad al-Amin A.D. 809-813/A.H. 193-198. SUNY series in Near Eastern Studies. State University of New York Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-4384-0289-5.