Harthama b. Aʿyan

by Turner, John P.

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Harthama b. Aʿyan (d. 200–1/816–7) was an important political and military figure who assisted in the enthronement of the ʿAbbāsid caliphs al-Rashīd and al-Maʾmūn. His background is murky. He was from Khurāsān but belonged to the Banū Ḍabba (a famous tribe originally centred in al-Yamāma, in the central Arabian Peninsula), so his family were probably immigrants from the west. To complicate matters, he is described as mawlā amīr al-muʾminīn , an ambiguous term indicating some form of client/patr…

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Harthama b. Aʿyan (d. 200–1/816–7) was an important political and military figure who assisted in the enthronement of the ʿAbbāsid caliphs al-Rashīd and al-Maʾmūn. His background is murky. He was from Khurāsān but belonged to the Banū Ḍabba (a famous tribe originally centred in al-Yamāma, in the central Arabian Peninsula), so his family were probably immigrants from the west. To complicate matters, he is described as mawlā amīr al-muʾminīn , an ambiguous term indicating some form of client/patron relationship to the ruling family.

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2265

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eng Islam

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Turner, John P.

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