Ja'far ibn Sulayman ibn Ali al-Hashimi (Arabic: جعفر بن سليمان بن علي الهاشمي) was an early Abbasid prince. He served as provisional governor for Abbasid Caliphate.
Ja'far ibn Sulayman ibn Ali جعفر بن سليمان بن علي | |
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| Abbasid Governor of Medina | |
| In office 763–766/77 | |
| Monarch | al-Mansur |
| Preceded by | Abdallah ibn al-Rabi al-Harithi |
| Succeeded by | Hasan ibn Zayd ibn Hasan |
| In office 780–783 | |
| Monarch | al-Mahdi |
| Preceded by | Zufar ibn Asim al-Hilali |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim ibn Yahya |
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| Relatives | al-Saffah (cousin) al-Mansur (cousin) Ja'far ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Ja'far (grandson) |
Career
editHe was the son of Sulayman ibn Ali. Ja'far was a paternal cousin of the first two Abbasid caliphs al-Saffah (r. 750–754) and al-Mansur (r. 754–775).
His father, Sulayman died in Basra in October 759 at the age of 59, and was succeeded by several sons, including Muhammad and Ja'far.[1]
His first cousin al-Mansur, appointed him[2] governor of Medina in 763 and he was dismissed in 766/77. He was re-appointed in 780 by al-Mahdi[3] and he was dismissed in 783.
References
edit- ^ Bosworth 1997, p. 822; Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 28: p. 80.
- ^ Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 29: pp. 13, 39, 49; Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, pp. 430–31.
- ^ Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 29: pp. 216, 219, 223; Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, p. 440; Al-Baladhuri 1916, pp. 21, 76.
Sources
edit- Bosworth, C.E. (1997). "Sulayman ibn 'Ali ibn 'Abd Allah". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Lecomte, G. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume IX: San–Sze. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 381. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_7157. ISBN 978-90-04-10422-8.
- 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.
- Khalifah ibn Khayyat (1985). al-Umari, Akram Diya' (ed.). Tarikh Khalifah ibn Khayyat (in Arabic) (3rd ed.). Al-Riyadh: Dar Taybah.
- Al-Baladhuri, Ahmad ibn Jabir (1916). The Origins of the Islamic State, Part I. Trans. Philip Khuri Hitti. New York: Columbia University.