Maymun Abu Bishr
ميمون أبو بشر
mawla of Ali ibn Abdallah; in al-Baladhuri granted a qati'a near Bustan al-Qass by Bab al-Sham — the Taqat Bishr are named for his son Bishr.
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- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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- Levant & Iraq
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Maymun Abu Bishr, a client of Ali ibn Abdallah. Al-Baladhuri says that the caliph al-Mansur granted him an estate beside the Garden of the Priest, in the district of Bab al-Sham. 1
The estate
According to al-Baladhuri, the "Tâqāt Bishr" are attributed to his son Bishr ibn Maymun. 1
The data do not record his birth or death years. It needs an additional source.
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition), p.414-417
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islam.museum contributors. “Maymun Abu Bishr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/maymun-abu-bishr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.