Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Isa
محمد بن أحمد بن عيسى بن الشيخ
The Shaybanid who held Amad against al-Mu'tadid's siege in 286 until forced down on terms 1.
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Ibn Ahmad ibn Isa ibn al-Shaykh. He fortified himself in Amid after his father died in 286 AH, and the caliph al-Mu'tadid besieged it and deployed his armies around it.
The siege
He refused the letter of his paternal aunt Umm al-Sharif, and told her messenger that states are not governed by the opinions of women. When the fighting grew fierce, he came down under safe conduct. 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 604-606
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.604-606
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