Ubaydallah ibn al-Sari
Ubaydallah ibn al-Sari | |
|---|---|
| عبيد الله بن السري | |
Governor of Egypt | |
| In office 822–826 | |
| Monarch | Al-Ma'mun |
| Preceded by | Abu Nasr ibn al-Sari |
| Succeeded by | Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | April 865 Samarra |
| Parent | Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam Al-Zuti |
Ubaydallah ibn al-Sari (
Career
Ubaydallah was the son of
Ubaydallah's rule over Egypt was initially contested by the Abbasid central government, which was still attempting to recover from the loss of authority it had incurred due to the civil war between the rival caliphs al-Amin and al-Ma'mun in 811–813, and shortly after his accession he was forced to deal with an invasion by Khalid ibn Yazid al-Shaybani, who had been delegated by al-Ma'mun to seize command of the country. Ubaydallah decided to offer resistance, and even with Ibn al-Jarawi providing assistance to Khalid he was able to win a battle against the latter on the outskirts of Fustat. Over the next few months the two sides fought several engagements; at length Ibn al-Jarawi withdrew his support and Khalid's position became seriously degraded, and by early 823 he was finally defeated and captured by Ubaydallah. His hold over Fustat now secure, Ubaydallah returned to the capital and afterwards released Khalid, allowing him to withdraw from the province to Mecca.[5]
Following the end of Khalid's campaign, Ubaydallah became focused on dealing with his rival Ibn al-Jarawi, who continued to hold Lower Egypt. Although al-Ma'mun had written to both men granting them the right to collect the
Ubaydallah's governorship came to an end in 826, when al-Ma'mun again sought to achieve greater effective control over the country by dispatching to it the Tahirid general Abdallah ibn Tahir. While Ibn al-Jarawi immediately offered his submission, Ubaydallah attempted to fight off Abdallah, but his forces were defeated and he eventually decided to seek a guarantee of safety instead. This was agreed to and Ubaydallah made his submission to Abdallah, who sent him off to Baghdad.[7] Following this, he never returned to Egypt, but he remained in Iraq and eventually died in Samarra in 865.[8]
Notes
- ISBN 978-90-04-09834-3.
Many of them [Zutt] are even said to have risen to high rank, e.g. al-Sarī b. al-Hakam b. Yūsuf al-Zuṭṭī, governor of Egypt (200 – 5/816 – 21).
- University of Malaya Press. p. 171.origin were not totally obscure in the social life. Some of them climbed in the social scale during the 'Abbāsid period in 'Iraq. For instance, "al-Sari b. al-Hakam b. Yusuf al-Zutti" was a governor of Egypt in 200 – 205 H./815 – 820 A.D.
However, the people of Zuṭṭ
- ^ Al-Kindi 1912, p. 172; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, p. 178.
- ^ Kennedy 1998, pp. 80–81; Al-Kindi 1912, p. 173; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, p. 181.
- ^ Kennedy 1998, p. 81; Al-Kindi 1912, pp. 174–76; Al-Ya'qubi 1883, pp. 555–56.
- ^ Kennedy 1998, p. 81; Al-Kindi 1912, pp. 176 ff.; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, p. 181.
- ^ Kennedy 1998, pp. 81–82; Al-Kindi 1912, pp. 180 ff.; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, pp. 181–82; Bosworth 1987, pp. 159 ff., 168; Al-Ya'qubi 1883, p. 561.
- ^ Kennedy 1998, p. 82; Al-Kindi 1912, p. 183.
References
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- Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf (1912). Guest, Rhuvon (ed.). The Governors and Judges of Egypt (in Arabic). Leyden and London: E. J. Brill.
- Al-Ya'qubi, Ahmad ibn Abu Ya'qub (1883). Houtsma, M. Th. (ed.). Historiae, Vol. 2(in Arabic). Leiden: E. J. Brill.