Abd-Allah Mikali (; died 920 CE) was an

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statesman from the Mikalid family, who served the

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, and later the

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Biography

Abd-Allah was the son of Muhammad ibn Mikal, a prominent Mikalid commander who served the

Tahirids The Tahirid dynasty (, ) was an 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 Abbasid Baghdad until 891. The dynasty was f ...

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. Abd-Allah is first mentioned as a high-ranking official of the

Saffarid The Saffarid dynasty () was a Persianate dynasty of eastern Iranian origin that ruled over parts of Persia, Greater Khorasan, and eastern Makran from 861 to 1002. One of the first indigenous Persian dynasties to emerge after the Islamic conque ...

ruler

Amr ibn al-Layth Amr ibn al-Layth or Amr-i Laith Saffari () was the second ruler of the Saffarid dynasty of Iran from 879 to 901. He was the son of a whitesmith and the younger brother of the dynasty's founder, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar. Biography Said to h ...

. Amr was killed in 901, and was succeeded by his grandson

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. Tahir, however, was only a figurehead, while the real power was held by his uncle Al-Layth, his

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Sebük-eri, and by Abd-Allah himself. Sebük-eri later rebelled against Tahir, and was joined by Abd-Allah. They soon transferred their allegiance to the

Abbasid Caliphate The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (; ) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes ...

, where Abd-Allah was appointed as governor of

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. Abd-Allah died in 920, leaving a son named Abu'l-Abbas Ismail, who began serving as head of the administration of the

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