Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (vizier)

For the Umayyad general and conqueror of Sindh, see Muhammad ibn al-Qasim. For other people with this name, see Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (disambiguation).

Muhammad ibn al-Qasim محمد بن القاسم
Born	Abbasid Caliphate
Died	Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Other names	Ibn al-Qasim
Occupation	Abbasid vizier
Years active	July 933 – October 933 (under al-Qahir)
Parent	Al-Qasim ibn Ubayd Allah (father)
Relatives	Al-Husayn ibn al-Qasim (brother)

Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (Arabic: محمد بن القاسم) was an official of the Abbasid Caliphate who served briefly as vizier in July–October 933 under Caliph al-Qahir (r. 932–934). He hailed from a family of Nestorian Christian origin that had served in the caliphal bureaucracy since late Umayyad times, and was the son, grandson, great-grandson and brother of viziers.

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