Ja'far ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Ja'far al-Hashimi
Abu Abdallah Ja'far ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Ja'far ibn Sulayman ibn Ali al-Hashimi (Arabic: أبو عبد الله جعفر بن عبد الواحد بن جعفر بن سليمان بن علي الهاشمي)[1] (died 871/2?) was a chief judge of the Abbasid Caliphate, from 854 to 863/4.
| Abu Abdallah Ja'far ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Ja'far ibn Sulayman ibn Ali al-Hashimi | |||||
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| Chief Justice of the Abbasid Empire | |||||
| Died | 871 or 872 | ||||
| Spouse | unknown | ||||
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| Tribe | Banu Abbas | ||||
| Father | Abd al-Wahid ibn Ja'far ibn Sulayman ibn Ali al-Hashimi | ||||
| Mother | unknown | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
He was a minor member of the Abbasid dynasty, being a descendant of Sulayman ibn Ali, the uncle of the caliphs al-Saffah and al-Mansur.[2] Although his jurisdictional background is obscure,[3] he was appointed as chief judge (qadi al-qudat) by al-Mutawakkil in July 854 as a replacement for Yahya ibn Aktham.[4] His tenure in office is notable for his participation in the Arab–Byzantine prisoner exchange of 856, during which al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Abi al-Shawarib acted as his deputy in Samarra.[5] He remained in office until 863 or 864, when he was dismissed and exiled to Basra after the general Wasif al-Turki accused him of engaging with the shakiriyya troops in a suspicious manner.[6] He was eventually allowed to return to the capital, where in 866 he unsuccessfully attempted to settle a violent dispute between the Turkish and Maghariba army regiments.[7] In 870 he led the prayers at the funeral of the caliph al-Muhtadi.[8] He died in 871/2, or in 881/2 or882/3 according to alternative accounts.[9]
Notes
- Ibn Khallikan 1871, pp. 48, 49.
- Ibn Hazm 1982, p. 34.
- Melchert 1996, pp. 328, 329 n. 71; Melchert 1997, p. 46.
- Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 34: pp. 131-32; Gordon et al. 2018, p. 1265; Ibn Khallikan 1871, p. 48.
- Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 34: pp. 139-40; Al-Mas'udi 1896, p. 258.
- Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 35: pp. 14, 26 (describing the dismissal and exile as separate events); Melchert 1996, p. 331.
- Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 35: p. 140.
- Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 36: pp. 99, 105; Melchert 1996, p. 331.
- Ibn Khallikan 1871, p. 49; Melcher 1997, p. 45; Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi 2001, p. 59.
References
- Gordon, Matthew S.; Robinson, Chase F.; Rowson, Everett K.; et al., eds. (2018). The Works of Ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi: An English Translation. 3. Leiden and Boston: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-35621-4.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 Khallikan, Shams al-Din Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad (1871). Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Vol. IV. Trans. Baron Mac Guckin de Slane. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Thabit (2001). Ma'ruf, Bashshar Awwad (ed.). Tarikh Madinat al-Salam (in Arabic). 8. Beirut: Dar al-Gharb al-Islami.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Al-Mas'udi, Ali ibn al-Husain (1896). Le livre de l'avertissement et de la revision (in French). Translated by Baron Carra de Vaux. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Melchert, Christopher (1997). The Formation of the Sunni Schools of Law, 9th-10th Centuries C.E. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 90-04-10952-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Melchert, Christopher (1996). "Religious Policies of the Caliphs from al-Mutawakkil to al-Muqtadir: AH 232-295/AD 847-908". Islamic Law and Society. 3 (3): 316–342. JSTOR 3399413.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. (1985–2007). The History of al-Ṭabarī (40 vols). SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7249-1.
| Preceded by Yahya ibn Aktham |
Chief judge of the Abbasid Caliphate 854–863/4 |
Succeeded by Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Ammar al-Burjumi |