Abu'l-Abbas Ismail (; died 973
CE), was an
Iranian
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statesman from the
Mikalid family, who served the
Abbasids
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, and later the
Samanids People
Samanid
Samanid
Samanid
The Samanid Empire () was a Persianate society, Persianate Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim empire, ruled by a dynasty of Iranian peoples, Iranian ''dehqan'' origin. The empire was centred in Greater Khorasan, Khorasan an ...
.
Biography
He was the son of
Abd-Allah Mikali, a powerful magnate of the
Saffarids
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 conq ...
, and later the governor of
Ahvaz
Ahvaz (; ) is a city in the Central District of Ahvaz County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is home to Persians, Arabs and other groups such as Qashqai and Kurds. Languages spok ...
under the Abbasids. When Abu'l-Abbas became old enough, he also began serving the Abbasids and later became the patron of his tutor, the poet
Ibn Duraid. Abu'l-Abbas later moved to
Nishapur
Nishapur or Neyshabur (, also ) is a city in the Central District (Nishapur County), Central District of Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan province, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Ni ...
, in his homeland
Khorasan, then under the control of the Iranian Samanids. In 958, he was appointed as the head of chancery by the ''
vizier
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'' of the Samanid ruler
Abd al-Malik I, Abu Ja'far 'Utbi. Abu'l-Abbas would keep this office until his death in 973.
He had three sons; one named Abu Muhammad Abd-Allah, who would obtain the offices of his father, another one named Abu Ja'far Mikali, and the last one named Abu'l-Qasim Ali, a military officer who fought with the
Byzantines and the
pagan
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Turks in their steppes.
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Mikalids
10th-century Iranian people
973 deaths
10th-century births
Samanid officials