Abd al-Samad ibn Ali al-Hashimi () was an eighth century

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

personage. He served as the governor of al-Jazira for 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 ...

. Abd al-Samad was the son of

Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib () (ca. 661–ca. 736) was an ancestor of the Abbasids. He was a grandson of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib and the grandfather of the first two Abbasid caliphs al-Saffah and al-Mansu ...

. He was a paternal uncle of the first two Abbasid caliphs al-Saffah (r. 750–754) and al-Mansur (r. 754–775), making him one of the "uncles" ('umumah) that held a high degree of influence during the early years following the Abbasid Revolution. His nephew, al-Mansur appointed him governor of Medina and Mecca in 772. He was dismissed from the office in 776. In 775, Al-Fadl ibn Salih was appointed governor of the region of

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north of Damascus by the Abbasid caliph

al-Mahdi Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Manṣūr (; 744 or 745 – 785), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdī (, "He who is guided by God"), was the third Abbasid Caliph who reigned from 775 to his death in 785. He succeeded his ...

. He moved to al-Jazira the same year. Al-Fadl returned to Damascus following his trip to

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in 780 where he accompanied al-Mahdi as part of his entourage.Cobb, 2001, pp.27-28. It was around this time when he was deposed as governor of al-Jazira and replaced by Abd al-Samad ibn Ali.Tabari, Kennedy, 1990 p.203.

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