Mansur ibn al-Mahdi
منصور بن المهدي
Governor of Syria
In office
809–810
MonarchsHarun al-Rashid,
al-Amin
Preceded byAli ibn al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba (807–809)
Succeeded byAhmad ibn Sa'id al-Harashi (810) then Sulayman ibn Abi Ja'far (810)
Personal details
BornKhurasan or Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Died810s
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Parents
RelativesSulayman (uncle)
Full nameMansur ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi
ReligionIslam

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.

Life

Mansur 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

Mansur 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

  1. 1 2 3 Abbott 1946, p. 33.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Madelung 2000, p. 328.
  5. ↑ Abbott 1946, p. 31.

Sources

  • 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.
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