Ubaydallah Ibn Abdallah Al Tahiri
عبيد الله بن عبد الله الطاهري
Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah — the last Tahirid chief, poet and letter-writer 1
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Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Tahir, an epistolary poet and amir. He held the police of Baghdad in the caliphate of Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Tahir, and the leadership of his family came to him. He was the last of them to die as their chief, according to Ibn al-Nadim 2.
His works
Among his works are "al-Isharah fi Akhbar al-Shi'r", his treatise on the politics of kings, his correspondence with Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz, and "al-Bara'a wa al-Fasaha" 2.
Sources
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.170
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