إسحاق بن إسماعيل النوبختي
إسحاق بن إسماعيل النوبختي
The man who had proposed al-Qahir's caliphate; al-Qahir killed him — dropped headfirst into a well that was filled in — his offence: having once outbid the future caliph for a slave-girl 1.
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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Ishaq ibn Ismail al-Nubakhti, the one who advised for the caliphate of al-Qahir. Al-Qahir later killed him, and threw him head first into a well, which was then filled in. 2
Al-Suyuti mentions the cause of al-Qahir's grudge against him: that he outbid him for a slave-girl before the caliphate and bought her. 2
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 598-599
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.598-599
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islam.museum contributors. “إسحاق بن إسماعيل النوبختي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ishaq-al-nubakhti/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.