زيادة الله بن الأغلب
زيادة الله بن الأغلب
The last Aghlabid amir of Ifriqiya; he fled the Ubaydid Mahdi to Egypt then Iraq — and the Maghreb left the Abbasids' command 1.
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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview
Ziyadat Allah ibn al-Aghlab, known as Abu Mudar, the last of the Aghlabid amirs in Ifriqiya. He fled before al-Mahdi al-Ubaydi to Egypt and then came to Iraq, and from this date the Maghrib came out of the authority of the Abbasids 2.
His leaving Ifriqiya
al-Mas'udi reports that Abu Abd Allah al-Muhtasib, the missionary who appeared among the Kutama calling people to Ubayd Allah, drove him out of Ifriqiya 3. Ibn Khaldun reports that he fled from Raqqada to Egypt when Abu Abd Allah al-Shi'i took the country in the year 296 AH, and the people of Raqqada plundered the palaces of the Banu al-Aghlab 4.
His last days
Ibn al-Athir reports that he stayed for a time after he left, that he returned to Egypt and went to Jerusalem, and died at Ramla and was buried there. He put the duration of the Aghlabid rule at a hundred and twelve years 5.
Connections
People and things also explored
أبو عبد الله الشيعي· عبيد الله المهدي· نهاية الدولة الأغلبية وهرب زيادة الله· دخول أبي عبد الله الشيعي رقادة وانهيار دولة الأغالبة· غلبة المهدي العبيدي على المغرب وخروجه من أمر بني العباس
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 587
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.587
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.647-648
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p.803
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.17-18
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