Al-Mu'ayyad
Abbasid prince and governor of Syria (850–861) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about an Abbasid prince. For other uses, see Al-Mu'ayyad (disambiguation).
Ibrahim ibn Jaʽfar al-Mutawakkil (Arabic: ابراهيم بن جعفر المتوكل; died 866), better known by his laqab al-Mu'ayyad (المؤيد, was an Abbasid prince, the third son of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil, He was the governor of Syria from 850 to 861 and also for a time third-in-line to the Abbasid throne.
Quick Facts Governor of Syria, Monarch ...
Al-Mu'ayyad المؤيد | |
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Governor of Syria | |
In office 850 – 855 | |
Monarch | Al-Mutawakkil |
Preceded by | Malik ibn Tawk (847–850) |
Succeeded by | al-Fath ibn Hakan al-Turki (856–861) |
In office 856 – 861 | |
Monarch | Al-Mutawakkil |
Deputy | al-Fath ibn Hakan al-Turki |
Personal details | |
Born | 842/844 Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate (now Iraq) |
Died | 866 Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate |
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Relatives | Al-Muntasir (brother) Al-Musta'in (cousin) Al-Mu'tazz (brother) Al-Muhtadi (cousin) Al-Mu'tamid (brother) |
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Al-Mua'yyad was the brother of al-Muntasir and al-Mu'tazz, who both would eventually become caliphs as well.