Musa ibn Ulayy ibn Rabah al-Lakhmi
Musa ibn Ulayy ibn Rabah al-Lakhmi | |
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| Abbasid Governor of Egypt | |
| In office 772–778 | |
| Monarchs | al-Mansur, al-Mahdi |
| Preceded by | Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Hudayj al-Tujibi |
| Succeeded by | Isa ibn Luqman al-Jumahi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ifriqiya |
| Died | 779/780 Alexandria |
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Abu Abd al-Rahman Musa ibn Ulayy ibn Rabah al-Lakhmi (
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Musa was born in North Africa[1] to Ulayy ibn Rabah al-Lakhmi, an early hadith narrator and Umayyad confidant. His father's name had originally been Ali, but was changed to Ulayy in order to escape anti-Alid sentiment in the Umayyad era.[2]
During his lifetime Musa narrated hadith on the authority of his father, as well as from
In 772 Musa was selected by the terminally ill governor of Egypt, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Tujibi, to succeed him upon his death, and he was subsequently confirmed in that position by the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur. He remained as governor over the next six years, during which he put down a Coptic revolt near Rashid in 773, before being dismissed by the caliph al-Mahdi in 778.[5]
He died in 779/780 in Alexandria.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b Gordon et al. 2018, p. 1149; Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani 1968, p. 363; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, p. 26
- ^ On Ulayy see Raisuddin 1993, pp. 29 ff.; Clarke 2012, pp. 36 ff.; Ibn Sa'd 1997, p. 317.
- ^ Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani 1968, p. 363; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, p. 26.
- ^ Lucas 2004, pp. 307, 318.
- ^ Al-Kindi 1912, pp. 118, 119–20; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, pp. 23, 25 ff.; Morimoto 1981, p. 150. See also Kennedy 1981, pp. 33–34 n. 46, for a reconciliation of Musa's governorship with conflicting information provided by al-Tabari.
- ^ Gordon et al. 2018, p. 1149; Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani 1968, p. 363; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, p. 26; Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, p. 437.
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- Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1968). Tahdhib al-Tahdhib (in Arabic). Vol. X. Beirut: Dar Sader.
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- Ibn Taghribirdi, Jamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf (1930). Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira, Volume II (in Arabic). Cairo: Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya.
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- Khalifah ibn Khayyat(1985). al-Umari, Akram Diya' (ed.). Tarikh Khalifah ibn Khayyat, 3rd ed (in Arabic). Al-Riyadh: Dar Taybah.
- Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf (1912). Guest, Rhuvon (ed.). The Governors and Judges of Egypt (in Arabic). Leyden and London: E. J. Brill.
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