Ahmad ibn Abi Khalid al-Ahwal was a military leader and administrator during the Abbasid Caliphate. He is known for leading an Abbasid army that conquered the Principality of Ushrusana in 822.[1] This military campaign resulted in the capture of Kawus ibn Kharakhuruh, the ruler of Ushrusana, who was then sent to Baghdad, where he submitted to the Caliph and converted to Islam.[2]
Ahmad Ibn Abi Khalid al-Ahwal | |
|---|---|
| أحمد بن أبي خالد الأحول | |
| Vizier of the Abbasid Caliphate | |
| Preceded by | Thumama ibn Ashras |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Abbasid |
| Occupation | Military leader, Administrator |
| Known for | Conquest of Ushrusana, Vizier under Caliph al-Ma'mun |
Career
editAl-Ahwal was appointed as a vizier by Caliph Al-Ma'mun,[3] succeeding Thumama ibn Ashras, who declined the position. Thumama ibn Ashras, a prominent Mu'tazila theologian, referred to Ahmad as the ‘only one’ at court ‘without an official title’ before his appointment.[4]
References
edit- ^ Ḥawqal, Muḥammad Ibn (1965). "Configuration de la terre (Kitab surat al-ard)".
- ^ Bosworth, p. 590; Kramers, p. 925; Kennedy, p. 125; al-Baladhuri, pp. 204-05; al-Tabari, v. 32: pp. 107, 135
- ^ "A Dictionary of Modern Anti-Superstitionists; or, an Account, arranged alphabetically, of those, who, whether called atheists, sceptics, Deists, latitudinarians, religious reformers, or &c. Have, during the last ten centuries, contributed towards the diminution of superstition. Compiled by a searcher after truth [i.e. Julian Hibbert]". 1826.
- ^ van Ess, Josef (2017). A History of Religious Thought in Early Islam. Theology and Society in the Second and Third Centuries of the Hijra. Vol. 3. Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004356405. ISBN 978-90-04-35640-5.
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