Mansur ibn al-Mahdi (Arabic: منصور بن المهدي) was an Abbasid prince, son of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi, brother of caliph al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid. Mansur was governor of Syria during his nephew caliph al-Amin's reign.
Mansur ibn al-Mahdi منصور بن المهدي | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Syria | |
| In office 809–810 | |
| Monarchs | Harun al-Rashid, al-Amin |
| Preceded by | Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba (807–809) |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad ibn Sa'id al-Harashi (810) then Sulayman ibn Abi Ja'far (810) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Khurasan or Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Died | 810s Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Sulayman (uncle) |
| Full name | Mansur ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi |
| Religion | Islam |
Life
editMansur was the son of al-Mahdi and his mother was al-Bahtariyah, the noble-born daughter of the Persian rebel,[1] Masmughan of Damavand,[2] against whom Mahdi was first sent to Khurasan.[1] Her mother was Bakand, the daughter of Isbahbadh, Farrukhan the Little.[3] She had a sister named Smyr.[2] She bore al-Mahdi a son named for his grandfather, Mansur, and two daughters, Sulaimah and Aliyah.[1]
His father, nominated his two elder sons; Musa al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid as heirs. Mansur maintains good relations with all his siblings.
Mansur was appointed as governor of Syria in 809. He remained in office until al-Amin reappointed Sulayman to govern Syria around 809–810 in response to unrest in Damascus emanating from the theft of a prized crystal pitcher from the Umayyad Mosque by the incumbent governor, Sulayman's nephew Mansur. The outrage of the Damascenes prompted them to refuse prayer under Abbasid leadership.[4]
After his dismissal from the office, Mansur returned to Baghdad in 810.
Siblings
editMansur was contemporary and related to several Abbasid caliphs, princes and princesses. He had total ten half-siblings and he had two full sisters named Aliyah and Sulaimah.
| No. | Abbasids | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Musa al-Hadi | 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 | Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi | Half-brother |
| 7 | Aliyah bint al-Mahdi | Sister |
| 8 | Ali ibn al-Mahdi | Half-brother |
| 9 | Sulaimah bint al-Mahdi | Sister |
| 10 | Abdallah ibn al-Mahdi | Half-brother |
| 11 | Banuqa bint al-Mahdi | Half-sister |
| 12 | Isa ibn al-Mahdi[5] | Half-brother |
References
edit- ^ a b c Abbott 1946, p. 33.
- ^ a b Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor (1993). E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. E.J. Brill. p. 399. ISBN 978-90-04-09791-9.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Madelung 2000, p. 328.
- ^ Abbott 1946, p. 31.
Sources
edit- Abbott, Nabia (1946). Two Queens of Baghdad: Mother and Wife of Hārūn Al Rashīd. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-86356-031-6.
- Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor (1993). E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936. E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936. E.J. Brill
- 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.
- Madelung, Wilferd (2000). "Abūʾl ʿAmayṭar the Sufyānī". Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam. 24: 327–343.