Dawud ibn Ali al-Hashimi
Dawud ibn Ali داود بن علي | |
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| Abbasid governor of Medina and Mecca | |
| In office 750–750 | |
| Monarch | al-Saffah |
| Preceded by | Yusuf ibn Urwah al-Sa'di (Umayyad governor) |
| Succeeded by | Ziyad ibn Ubaydallah |
| Personal details | |
| Died | c. 750 Medina, Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Military career | |
| Years of service | 749 – 750 |
| Battles / wars | Abbasid Revolution |
Dawud ibn Ali al-Hashimi (Arabic: داود بن علي الهاشمي) was an eighth century Abbasid personage. Who served as the first governor of Medina and Mecca in 750 for the Abbasid Caliphate.
Life
[edit]Al-Hashimi was the son of Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas. He was a paternal uncle of the first two Abbasid caliphs al-Saffah (r. 750–754) and al-Mansur (r. 754–775), making him one of the "uncles" ('umumah) that held a high degree of influence during the early years following the Abbasid Revolution.
His nephew, caliph al-Saffah appointed him[1] governor of Medina and Mecca in 750, however he died in the office that same year he was succeeded by Ziyad ibn Ubaydallah the maternal uncle of al-Saffah. who appointed him[2] in 750.
Sources
[edit]- ^ Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 27: pp. 195-96; Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, p. 413.
- ^ Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 27: pp. 196-97, 204, 208; v. 28: pp. 6, 46, 53, 58, 61, 74-75; Crone 1980, p. 149; Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, pp. 413, 430
- Crone, Patricia (1980). Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
- Khalifah ibn Khayyat (1985). al-Umari, Akram Diya' (ed.). Tarikh Khalifah ibn Khayyat (in Arabic) (3rd ed.). Al-Riyadh: Dar Taybah.
- 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.