Yahya ibn Khalid al-Barmaki
يحيى بن خالد البرمكي
al-Rashid's vizier, who stopped the canal joining the Red Sea to the Mediterranean with one image — Roman squadrons landing near Jeddah to snatch pilgrims from the Haram 1.
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Overview
Yahya ibn Khalid al-Barmaki, vizier of al-Rashid, son of Khalid ibn Barmak and one of the Barmakids 2.
His learning
al-Mas'udi reports that when al-Rashid wanted to join the Red Sea with the Mediterranean, Yahya drew his attention to the fact that the Byzantines might seize people from the two holy cities, and al-Rashid refrained 3. He was a man of learning and reflection, and he had a council where the people of theology, and the holders of opinions and sects, gathered 4.
Ibn al-Nadim reports that Sibawayh came to Iraq seeking him, and he brought him together with al-Kisa'i and al-Akhfash. He sent a man to India to bring drugs and to write down their religions, and the Barmakids took care of the scholars and physicians of India 5 6.
Connections
- Parent of
- الفضل بن يحيى البرمكي· جعفر بن يحيى البرمكي
- Child of
- خالد بن برمك
- Member of
- البرامكة
People and things also explored
البرامكة· هلاك جعفر والبرامكة· الفضل بن يحيى البرمكي· جعفر بن يحيى البرمكي· خالد بن برمك
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 558
- Tarikh al-Dawla al-Abbasiyya — Muhammad Suhayl Taqqush (7th ed. 2009)
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.558
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.357-358
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.143
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.484
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