Isa ibn Luqman al-Jumahi

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Isa ibn Luqman al-Jumahi
عيسى بن لقمان الجمحي
Abbasid Governor of Kufa
MonarchAl-Mahdi
Abbasid Governor of Egypt
In office
778–779
MonarchAl-Mahdi
Preceded byMusa ibn Ulayy ibn Rabah al-Lakhmi
Succeeded byWadih al-Maskin
Personal details
RelationsTribe: Banu Jumah
Parent
  • Luqman (father)

Isa ibn Luqman al-Jumahi (Arabic: عيسى بن لقمان الجمحي) was an eighth century official of the Abbasid Caliphate.

A member of the Jumah clan of the Quraysh, he seems to have been a descendant of a rather undistinguished family.[1] He was appointed governor of Kufa by the caliph al-Mahdi in 775–776.[2] In 778 he was made governor of Egypt, and held that position for four months until early 779 when he was dismissed in favor of Wadih.[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Kennedy 1990, pp. 175-6 n. 581.
  2. ^ Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, p. 440. Kennedy 1990, p. 175, provides multiple sources who disagree on whether he was governor.
  3. ^ Al-Kindi 1912, pp. 120–21; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, pp. 37–38; Kennedy 1990, pp. 203, 207.

References[edit]

  • Ibn Taghribirdi, Jamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf (1930). Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira, Volume II (in Arabic). Cairo: Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya.
  • Kennedy, Hugh, ed. (1990). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXIX: Al-Mansūr and al-Mahdī, A.D. 763–786/A.H. 146–169. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0142-2.
  • Khalifah ibn Khayyat (1985). al-Umari, Akram Diya' (ed.). Tarikh Khalifah ibn Khayyat, 3rd ed (in Arabic). Al-Riyadh: Dar Taybah.
  • Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf (1912). Guest, Rhuvon (ed.). The Governors and Judges of Egypt (in Arabic). Leyden and London: E. J. Brill.
Preceded by Governor of Egypt
778–779
Succeeded by