Al-Fadl ibn Yahya

Al-Fadl ibn Yahya
Abbasid governor of Arminiyah
In office 791–793
Monarch	Harun al-Rashid
Preceded by	Abd al-Qadir (791–791)
Succeeded by	Umar ibn Ayyub al-Kinani (793–793)
Abbasid governor of Tabaristan and Ray
In office 792–797
Monarch	Harun al-Rashid
Abbasid governor of Khorasan
In office 794/5–795/6
Monarch	Harun al-Rashid
Personal details
Born	February 766 Abbasid Caliphate
Died	October/November 808 Abbasid prison of Raqqa, Raqqa, Abbasid Caliphate, (now Syria)
Cause of death	Died in Prison of Raqqa
Parents	Yahya ibn Khalid (father) Umm al-Fadl (mother)

Al-Fadl ibn Yahya al-Barmaki (Arabic: الفضل البرمكي) (February 766 – October/November 808) was a member of the distinguished Barmakid family, attaining high offices in the Abbasid Caliphate under Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809).

Fadl was the eldest son of Yahya al-Barmaki, the founder of the family's fortunes. During the caliphate of Harun al-Rashid, he served as tutor to his heir, the future Caliph al-Amin (r. 809–813), and held gubernatorial positions over Tabaristan and Rayy (792–797), and over Khurasan (794/5–795/6). In these positions, he distinguished himself "by the benevolence he showed towards the inhabitants of the eastern provinces" (D. Sourdel). He fell out with Harun over his attempts to conciliate the Alids, however, and shared in his family's sudden fall from power in 803. He remained imprisoned thereafter and died at Raqqa in 808.

Sources

• Sourdel, Dominique (1965). "al-Faḍl b. Yaḥyā al-Barmakī". In Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume II: C–G. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 732. OCLC 495469475.
• Zetterstéen, K.V. (1987). "Al-Faḍl b. Yaḥyā". E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume III: E–I′timād al-Dawla. Leiden: BRILL. p. 37. ISBN 90-04-09789-9.