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'''Muflih''', surnamed '''al-Aswad''' ("the Black") and '''al-Khadim''' ("the |
'''Muflih''', surnamed '''al-Aswad''' ("the Black") and '''al-Khadim''' ("the servant"),{{sfn|Ayalon|1999|p=297}} was the chief court eunuch under the [[Abbasid]] caliph [[al-Muqtadir]] ({{reign|908|932}}). |
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By 922/3 he had risen to a position of great influence at court, and supported the ousting of the [[vizier (Abbasid Caliphate)|vizier]] [[Hamid ibn al-Abbas]], whom he disliked, in favour of [[Ali ibn al-Furat]]. He intervened, however, to save Hamid's deputy [[Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah]] from the tortures inflicted on him by Ibn al-Furat's son al-Muhassin.{{sfn|Bowen|1928|pp=197ff., 218}} |
By 922/3 he had risen to a position of great influence at court, and supported the ousting of the [[vizier (Abbasid Caliphate)|vizier]] [[Hamid ibn al-Abbas]], whom he disliked, in favour of [[Ali ibn al-Furat]]. He intervened, however, to save Hamid's deputy [[Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah]] from the tortures inflicted on him by Ibn al-Furat's son al-Muhassin.{{sfn|Bowen|1928|pp=197ff., 218}} |
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Revision as of 17:05, 26 January 2021
Muflih, surnamed al-Aswad ("the Black") and al-Khadim ("the servant"),[1] was the chief court eunuch under the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir (r. 908–932).
By 922/3 he had risen to a position of great influence at court, and supported the ousting of the vizier Hamid ibn al-Abbas, whom he disliked, in favour of Ali ibn al-Furat. He intervened, however, to save Hamid's deputy Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah from the tortures inflicted on him by Ibn al-Furat's son al-Muhassin.[2]
In September–October 925 he supervised, along with Bushra al-Thamali, deputy of the governor of the Thughur Thamal al-Dulafi, that year's prisoner exchange with the Byzantine Empire. The exchange, known as fidāʾ Mufliḥ in the Arab sources, involved the release of almost 4,000 Muslim men and women from captivity.[3][4]
According to al-Suli, Muflih was appointed as governor of Jerusalem in 935, during the caliphate of al-Radi.[5]
References
- ^ Ayalon 1999, p. 297.
- ^ Bowen 1928, pp. 197ff., 218.
- ^ PmbZ, Mufliḥ (#25434).
- ^ Ayalon 1999, p. 117.
- ^ Gil 1997, p. 315.
Sources
- Ayalon, David (1999). Eunuchs, Caliphs and Sultans: A Study in Power Relationships. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, The Hebrew University. ISBN 978-9-6549-3017-8.
- Bowen, Harold (1928). The Life and Times of ʿAlí Ibn ʿÍsà: The Good Vizier. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Gil, Moshe (1997) [1983]. A History of Palestine, 634–1099. Translated by Ethel Broido. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-59984-9.
- Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate (2013). Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nach Vorarbeiten F. Winkelmanns erstellt (in German). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.