Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Zaynabi

Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Zaynabi (Arabic: عبد الله بن محمد بن إبراهيم الزينبي‎)[1] was a minor Abbasid prince. He served as the governor of several provinces, including the Yemen and Egypt, in the late eighth and early ninth centuries.

Life

A member of the Abbasid dynasty, Abdallah was the descendant of notable personages on both sides of his family. His father Muhammad was a son of Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Ali, who had been a leading figure in the early stages of the Abbasid Revolution before being killed by the last Umayyad caliph Marwan II in 749.[2] His mother, Zaynab, was the daughter of Sulayman ibn Ali and a senior princess at the Abbasid court, and Abdallah himself was usually known by the names of "al-Zaynabi" or "Abdallah ibn Zaynab."[3] He was a second cousin of the fourth and fifth Abbasid caliphs al-Hadi (r. 785–786) and Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809).[4].

During his career Abdallah was appointed to several provincial governorships. Either during the caliphate of al-Hadi or al-Mahdi he was made governor of the Yemen,[5] and under Harun al-Rashid he was once or twice governor of Mecca[6] (and possibly Medina).[7] In 805 he was appointed over Egypt, in which position he remained for approximately a year.[8]

Abdallah was also known for leading the prayers at the funeral of Malik ibn Anas in 795.[9]

Notes
  1. For his full name, see Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, p. 131.
  2. Omar 1971, p. 988; Ibn Hazm 1982, p. 31.
  3. Rahmatallah 1952, pp. 27 ff., 45; Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 39: p. 263; Ibn Hazm 1982, p. 31; Al-Kindi 1912, p. 141; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, p. 131.
  4. Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 30: p. xxiv.
  5. Ibn Abd al-Majid 1985, pp. 25-26; Ibn Hazm 1982, p. 31; Gordon et al. 2018, p. 1141.
  6. Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 30: p. 304; Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, p. 461.
  7. Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 39: p. 263 & n. 1168.
  8. Al-Kindi 1912, pp. 141-42; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, pp. 131-32.
  9. Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 39: p. 263.
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References
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  • Ibn Abd al-Majid, Taj al-Din 'Abd al-Baqi al-Yamani (1985). Ta'rikh al-Yaman al-Musamma Bahjat al-Zaman fi Ta'rikh al-Yaman. Sana'a: Dar Kalimah.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ibn Hazm, Abu Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Sa'id al-Andalusi (1982). Harun, 'Abd al-Salam Muhammad (ed.). Jamharat Ansab al-'Arab (in Arabic) (5th ed.). Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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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.
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Preceded by
Sulayman ibn Yazid al-Harithi		 Abbasid governor of the Yemen
c. 785		 Succeeded by
Ibrahim ibn Salm ibn Qutaybah al-Bahili
OR
Al-Ghitrif ibn al-Ata
Preceded by
Ahmad ibn Isma'il ibn Ali al-Hashimi		 Governor of Egypt
805–806		 Succeeded by
Al-Husayn ibn Jamil
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