Talha ibn Tahir (طلحة بن طاهر; died 828) was the

Tahirid The Tahirid dynasty ( fa, طاهریان, Tâheriyân, ) was a culturally Arabized Sunni Muslim dynasty of Persian dehqan origin, that ruled as governors of Khorasan from 821 to 873 as well as serving as military and security commanders in ...

governor of Khurasan from 822 until his death. In 822,

Tahir ibn Husayn Ṭāhir ibn Ḥusayn ( fa, طاهر ابن حسین, ''Tāher ebn-e Hoseyn''; ar, طاهر بن الحسين, ''Tahir bin al-Husayn''), also known as Dhul-Yamīnayn ( ar, ذو اليمينين, "the ambidextrous"), and al-Aʿwar ( ar, الأعو ...

, who had taken control of Khurasan the previous year, died. According to some reports, the

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Al-Ma'mun at first supported replacing him with Talha's brother Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani, but the latter was occupied with rebels in the

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, so Talha was confirmed as governor of eastern

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instead. Talha's rule is mostly known for his campaigns in

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, another province under his rule, against the local Kharijites, who were led by a Hamza ibn Adharak. Fighting between the two continued until 828, when both Hamza and Talha died. Talha was succeeded in his post by his brother Abdallah.

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* 828 deaths Tahirid governors of Khurasan 9th-century rulers in Asia Amirs of Nishapur Year of birth unknown 9th-century Iranian people 9th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate {{Iran-royal-stub