Al-Fadl ibn Qarin al-Tabari () was a ninth century military commander and provincial governor 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 ...

. He served as the governor of Hims from 862 until he was killed during a revolt in 864.

Career

Al-Fadl was the brother of Mazyar ibn Qarin, who had been the ruler of

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until an unsuccessful rebellion in 839, and his own ''nisbah'' of "al-Tabari" suggests an origin from that province. In 860 al-Fadl participated in the raids against the

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; commanding twenty vessels, he undertook a naval expedition and attacked the fortress of Attaleia in southwest

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. Two years later he was appointed by the caliph

al-Musta'in Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Mustaʿīn bi-ʾllāh (; 836 – 17 October 866), better known by his regnal title al-Mustaʿīn (836 – 17 October 866) was the Abbasid caliph from 862 to 866, during the "Anarchy at ...

as governor of Hims, following a revolt which had resulted in the flight of its previous governor Kaydar ibn 'Abdallah al-Ushrusani. Upon arriving in the district he was approached by the local residents, who explained that their actions had been prompted by Kaydar's misrule, and he was able to enter the city of Hims without opposition. Despite the peaceful start to his governorship, al-Fadl soon learned of a fresh plot by the people of Hims to rebel against him. He therefore rounded up a group of alleged leaders of the revolt, beheading some of them and sending one hundred notables to the caliph in

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. He also dismantled the city walls and ordered that the street pavements be removed. These measures, however, failed to stifle the unrest, and eventually the people of Hims and a group of the

Banu Kalb The Banu Kalb () was an Arab tribe which mainly dwelt in the desert and steppe of northwestern Arabia and central Syria. It was involved in the tribal politics of the Byzantine Empire's eastern frontiers, possibly as early as the 4th century. ...

united under the leadership of one 'Utayf ibn Ni'mah al-Kalbi and revolted against al-Fadl. The latter barricaded himself in the palace of Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah, but was betrayed by his followers and handed over to the rebels who, after robbing him of his money and wives, killed him and hung his body on the city gates. Following his death, Hims remained in a state of rebellion until it was again pacified by the general Musa ibn Bugha al-Kabir.; ; ;

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* * * * * {{cite book , title=Historiae, Vol. 2 , editor-first=M. Th. , editor-last=Houtsma , last=Al-Ya'qubi , first=Ahmad ibn Abu Ya'qub , author-link=Al-Ya'qubi , year=1883 , publisher=E. J. Brill , location=Leiden , isbn= , url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wD0yAQAAMAAJ 864 deaths 9th-century Iranian people 9th-century military personnel Governors of the Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid people of the Arab–Byzantine wars Admirals of the Abbasid Caliphate Qarinvand dynasty