Harthamah ibn al-Nadr al-Jabali
Harthamah ibn al-Nadr (or al-Nasr) al-Jabali (Arabic: هرثمة بن النضر الجبلي) was a ninth century provincial governor for the Abbasid Caliphate, serving as governor of Egypt from 847 until his death in 849.
Career
Harthamah may[1] be identified with Harthamah ibn al-Nadr al-Khuttali, who was governor of al-Maraghah in 838. That same year, he became involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the caliph al-Mu'tasim (r. 833–842) and replace him with al-Abbas ibn al-Ma'mun. When the plot was discovered he was arrested and put in irons, but after al-Afshin interceded for him he was released and received the governorship of al-Dinawar instead.[2]
In 847 Harthamah was appointed resident governor of Egypt by the Turkish general Itakh, and he arrived in the province in the following year. During his administration the caliph al-Mutawakkil (r. 847–861) began to bring an end to the mihnah and abandon the doctrine that the Qur'an had been created,[3] and in accordance with this policy Harthamah was ordered to prohibit debate about the nature of the Qur'an in Egypt.[4]
Harthamah remained governor until February 849, when he fell ill and died. Before dying, he designated his son Hatim as his successor, and the latter then took over the governorship.[5]
Notes
- ^ Al-Kindi 1912, p. 197, n. 1.
- ^ Bosworth 1991, p. 133.
- ^ Hinds 1993, p. 4.
- ^ Al-Kindi 1912, pp. 196–97; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, pp. 265–66; Al-Maqrizi 1987, p. 312.
- ^ Al-Kindi 1912, pp. 197–98; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, pp. 269–70, 278; Al-Maqrizi 1987, p. 312. These three sources also agree that Itakh remained overlord of Egypt until July–August 849, following his appointment of Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani as governor.Gordon 2001, pp. 113, 235 n. 73, and Turner 2010, p. 96 n. 44, however, based on a passage in Al-Ya'qubi 1883, p. 593, believe that Harthamah was dismissed following Itakh's downfall and death.
References
- Bosworth, C. E., ed. (1991). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXIII: Storm and Stress Along the Northern Frontiers of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate: The Caliphate of al-Muʿtasim, A.D. 833–842/A.H. 218–227. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0493-5.
- Gordon, Matthew S. (2001). The Breaking of a Thousand Swords: A History of the Turkish Military of Samarra (A.H. 200–275/815–889 C.E.). Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-4795-2.
- Hinds, M. (1993). "Mihna". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume VII: Mif–Naz. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 2–6. ISBN 978-90-04-09419-2.
- Ibn Taghribirdi, Jamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf (1930). Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira, Volume II. Cairo: Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya.
- Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf (1912). Guest, Rhuvon (ed.). The Governors and Judges of Egypt (in Arabic). Leyden and London: E. J. Brill.
- Al-Maqrizi, Taqi al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn 'Ali (1987). Al-Mawa'iz wa al-I'tibar bi Dhikr al-Khitat wa al-Athar, Volume I (Second ed.). Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafah al-Diniyyah.
- Turner, John P. (2010). "The End of the Mihna". Oriens. 38: 89–106. doi:10.1163/187783710X536671. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
- Al-Ya'qubi, Ahmad ibn Abu Ya'qub (1883). Houtsma, M. Th. (ed.). Historiae, Vol. 2. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
Preceded by | Governor of Egypt 847–849 | Succeeded by |
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- Salih ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas (Second Term)
- Abu Awn Abd al-Malik ibn Yazid (Second Term)
- Musa ibn Ka'b al-Tamimi
- Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i
- Humayd ibn Qahtaba
- Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi
- Abdallah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj al-Tujibi
- Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj al-Tujibi
- Musa ibn Ali ibn Rabah al-Lakhmi
- Isa ibn Luqman al-Jumahi
- Wadih al-Maskin
- Mansur ibn Yazid ibn Mansur
- Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Harashi
- Salim ibn Sawada al-Tamimi
- Ibrahim ibn Salih ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas
- Musa ibn Mus'ab al-Khath'ami
- Ali ibn Sulayman al-Abbasi
- Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi
- Maslama ibn Yahya al-Bajali
- Muhammad ibn Zuhayr al-Azdi
- Dawud ibn Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi
- Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi (Second Term)
- Ibrahim ibn Salih ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas
- Abdallah ibn al-Musayyab ibn Zuhayr al-Dabbi
- Ishaq ibn Sulayman
- Harthama ibn A'yan
- Abd al-Malik ibn Salih
- Abdallah ibn al-Musayyab ibn Zuhayr al-Dabbi (Second Term)
- Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi
- Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi (Third Term)
- Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi (Second Term)
- Isma'il ibn Salih ibn Ali al-Abbasi
- Isma'il ibn Isa al-Abbasi
- Al-Layth ibn al-Fadl
- Ahmad ibn Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdallah al-Abbasi
- Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi
- Al-Husayn ibn Jamil
- Malik ibn Dalham al-Kalbi
- Abbad ibn Muhammad ibn Hayyan
- Al-Muttalib ibn Abdallah al-Khuza'i
- Al-Abbas ibn Musa ibn Isa al-Abbasi
- Al-Muttalib ibn Abdallah al-Khuza'i (Second Term)
- Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam
- Sulayman ibn Ghalib ibn Jibril al-Bajali
- Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam (Second Term)
- Abu Nasr ibn al-Sari
- Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mazyad
- Ubaydallah ibn al-Sari
- Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani
- Isa ibn Yazid al-Juludi
- Umayr ibn al-Walid
- Isa ibn Yazid al-Juludi (Second Term)
- Abdawayh ibn Jabalah
- Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i
- Al-Ma'mun (Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate)
- Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i
- Harthamah ibn al-Nadr al-Jabali
- Hatim ibn Harthamah ibn al-Nadr
- Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani (Second Term)
- Ishaq ibn Yahya ibn Mu'adh
- Khut Abd al-Wahid ibn Yahya
- Anbasah ibn Ishaq al-Dabbi
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