'Abbada, Ja'far's mother
عبادة أم جعفر البرمكي
Ja'far al-Barmaki's mother — seen on a feast-day in rags, telling what had befallen her house 1.
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Abbada was the mother of Ja'far ibn Yahya al-Barmaki. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Hashimi saw her at his mother's house on the day of Eid al-Nahr, in shabby clothes, speaking boldly about what had befallen her household after the fall of the Barmakids. 2
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 369
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.369
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