Ibrahim ibn Salama
إبراهيم بن سلمة
One of the Khurasan da'is; in al-Baladhuri al-Khawarnaq was granted him under the blessed dawla — grandfather of Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq the qadi of Madinat al-Salam under al-Ma'mun and al-Mu'tasim — and he raised al-Khawarnaq's dome in Abu al-Abbas's reign.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period · The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Ibrahim ibn Salama, one of the missionaries (du'at) in Khurasan. Al-Baladhuri mentions him in Futuh al-Buldan in his account of al-Khawarnaq. 1
In al-Baladhuri
Al-Baladhuri says that al-Khawarnaq was granted to him in "the blessed state". He was the grandfather of Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq the judge in the City of Peace (Baghdad) in the caliphate of al-Ma'mun and al-Mu'tasim; he was a client of al-Rabab. He is said to have built the dome of al-Khawarnaq in the caliphate of Abu al-Abbas, when there had been none before it. 1
The data do not record his year of death. It needs an additional source.
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition), p.404
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