Ahmad ibn Isma'il ibn Ali al-Hashimi
{{short description|Provincial
Abbasid governor}}
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| name = Ahmad ibn Isma'il ibn Ali
أحمد بن إسماعيل بن علي الهاشمي
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| office1 = Abbasid Governor of Mosul
| term_start1 = 781
| term_end1 = 783/5
| monarch1 = Al-Mahdi
| predecessor1 = Muhammad ibn al-Fadl
| successor1 = Musa ibn Mus'ab
| office2 = Abbasid Governor of Mecca
| term_start2 = 784/85
| term_end2 = 785/86
| monarch2 = Al-Mahdi
again appointed by Harun al-Rashid
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| office3 = Abbasid Governor of Yemen
| term_start3 = 791
| term_end3 = 791
| monarch3 = Harun al-Rashid
| predecessor3 = Abdallah ibn Mus'ab al-Zubayri
| successor3 = Ibrahim ibn Ubaydallah al-Hajbi
| office4 = Abbasid Governor of Egypt
| term_start4 = 803
| term_end4 = 805
| monarch4 = Harun al rashid
| predecessor4 = Al-Layth ibn al-Fadl
| successor4 = Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Zaynabi
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Ahmad ibn Isma'il ibn Ali ({{langx|ar|أحمد بن إسماعيل بن علي الهاشمي}})For his full name, see {{harvnb|Ibn Taghribirdi|1930|p=126}}. was a minor Abbasid personage and provincial governor who was active in the late eighth and early ninth centuries.
Life
Ahmad was the son of Isma'il and a grandson of Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas, and was a first cousin of the first two Abbasid caliphs al-Saffah ({{reign|750|754}}) and al-Mansur ({{reign|754|775}}).{{harvnb|Ibn Hazm|1982|p=35}}; {{harvnb|Yarshater|1985–2007|loc=v. 29: p. 227 n. 741; v. 30: p. xxiv}}. During the caliphate of al-Mahdi ({{reign|775|785}}) he was appointed to the governorship of Mosul (781–783/5){{sfn|Forand|1969|p=96}} and later became al-Mahdi's final governor of Mecca.{{sfn|Khalifah ibn Khayyat|1985|p=440}} Under Harun al-Rashid ({{reign|786|809}}) he was again appointed to Mecca{{harvnb|Yarshater|1985–2007|loc=v. 30: p. 304}}; {{harvnb|Khalifah ibn Khayyat|1985|p=461}} and also served as governor of the Yemen ({{circa|797}}).{{harvnb|Gordon|Robinson|Rowson|Fishbein|2018|p=1160}}; {{harvnb|Ibn Abd al-Majid|1985|p=26}}; {{harvnb|Khalifah ibn Khayyat|1985|p=461}}.According to {{harvnb|Ibn Qutaybah|n.d.|p=374}}, he was additionally governor of Fars and Medina at unspecified dates.
In 803 he was appointed as governor of Egypt. During his tenure in that province, he received an appeal from the Aghlabid governor of Ifriqiya Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab for help to quell disturbances in the region of Tripoli. He remained in Egypt in two years, before being dismissed and replaced with Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Zaynabi in 805.{{harvnb|Al-Kindi|1912|p=141}}; {{harvnb|Ibn Taghribirdi|1930|pp=124–25}}; {{harvnb|Ibn Hazm|1982|p=35}}. {{harvnb|Khalifah ibn Khayyat|1985|p=464}}, skips over both him and al-Zaynabi, jumping straight from al-Layth ibn al-Fadl to al-Husayn ibn Jamil.
Notes
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References
- {{cite journal |last1=Forand |first1=Paul G. |title=The Governors of Mosul According to al-Azdī's Ta'rīkh al-Mawṣil |journal= Journal of the American Oriental Society|date=January–March 1969 |volume=89 |issue=1 |pages=88–105 |doi=10.2307/598281 |jstor=598281 }}
- {{cite book | title = The Works of Ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi: An English Translation | volume = 3 | editor1-first = Matthew S. | editor1-last = Gordon | editor2-first = Chase F. | editor2-last = Robinson |editor2-link=Chase F. Robinson | editor3-first = Everett K. | editor3-last= Rowson |editor3-link=Everett K. Rowson | editor4-first = Michael | editor4-last = Fishbein | display-editors=3| location = Leiden and Boston | publisher = Brill | year= 2018 | isbn = 978-90-04-35621-4 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OHxTDwAAQBAJ }}
- {{cite book | last = Ibn Abd al-Majid | first = Taj al-Din 'Abd al-Baqi al-Yamani | title = Ta'rikh al-Yaman al-Musamma Bahjat al-Zaman fi Ta'rikh al-Yaman | publisher = Dar Kalimah | location = Sana'a | year = 1985 }}
- {{cite book | title = Jamharat Ansab al-'Arab | last = Ibn Hazm | first = Abu Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Sa'id al-Andalusi | author-link = Ibn Hazm |editor1-first = 'Abd al-Salam Muhammad | editor1-last = Harun | language = ar | edition = 5th | year = 1982 | publisher = Dar al-Ma'arif | location = Cairo }}
- {{cite book | last = Ibn Qutaybah | first = Abu Muhammad Abdallah ibn Muslim | author-link = Ibn Qutaybah | title = Al-Ma'arif | editor1-last = Ukashah | editor1-first = Tharwat | publisher = al-Dar Ma'arif | location = Cairo | edition = 4th | date = n.d. }}
- {{cite book | title=Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira, Volume II | last=Ibn Taghribirdi | first=Jamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf | author-link=Ibn Taghribirdi | year=1930 | publisher=Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya | location=Cairo | language=ar }}
- {{cite book | last = Khalifah ibn Khayyat | author-link = Khalifa ibn Khayyat | title = Tarikh Khalifah ibn Khayyat, 3rd ed | publisher = Dar Taybah | language = ar | year = 1985 | location = Al-Riyadh | editor-last = al-Umari | editor-first = Akram Diya' }}
- {{The Governors and Judges of Egypt}}
- {{The History of al-Tabari}}
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{{succession box|title=Governor of Mosul|before=Muhammad ibn al-Fadl|after=Musa ibn Mus'ab al-Khath'ami|years=781–783/5}}
{{succession box|title=Abbasid governor of the Yemen|before=Abdallah ibn Mus'ab al-Zubayri (?)|after=Ibrahim ibn Ubaydallah al-Hajbi (?)|years={{circa|791}}}}
{{succession box|title=Governor of Egypt|before=Al-Layth ibn al-Fadl|after=Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Zaynabi|years=803–805}}
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{{Governor of Egypt during Abbasid Caliphate|state=expanded}}
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