Ubaydallah ibn al-Abbas

عبيد الله بن العباس بن عبد المطلب

A son of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (may God be pleased with him), brother of Abdallah, Qutham and Tammam. The book lists him as Ali's governor of Yemen and Bahrain 1 among the sons of al-Abbas he appointed 2.

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موجز

عبيد الله بن العباس بن عبد المطلب أحد أبناء العباس الذين ولّاهم علي بن أبي طالب الولايات، ويذكره الصلابي واليا على اليمن والبحرين 1.

ولايته

تذكر قائمة الولاة في الكتاب أنه ولي اليمن والبحرين 1، وأنه من أبناء العباس الذين ولّاهم علي مع إخوته عبد الله وقثم وتمام 2. ولا يذكر الكتاب في هذا الموضع تاريخ ولايته ولا أخباره فيها.

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Ruler of
Yemen· Bahrayn (historic Eastern Arabia)
Participated in
Ali appoints the sons of al-Abbas and Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr as governors· ʿAli's dispatch of his own governors to the garrison towns (36 AH)

People and things also explored

Ali ibn Abi Talib· Christianity in Arabia before Islam· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· The Second Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen· Ali ibn Abi Talib's expeditions to Yemen (twice)· Ali's judgment on the men who fell into a lion pit in Yemen· Ali's judgment on three men who lay with one woman in one purity· The First Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen

Sources

  1. Asma al-Matalib fi Sirat Ali ibn Abi Talib, vol. 1 — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi , p. 358
  2. Asma al-Matalib fi Sirat Ali ibn Abi Talib, vol. 1 — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi , p. 357
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Cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet and the fourth caliph (r. 656–661 CE); the first Imam in Shia tradition.