Abdallah ibn Ubaydallah ibn al-Abbas

Abdallah ibn Ubaydallah ibn al-Abbas
Abbasid Governor of Yemen
Ambassador to
In office 832–833
Monarch	al-Ma'mun
Preceded by	Ishaq ibn al-Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Hashimi
Succeeded by	Abbad ibn al-Ghamr al-Shihabi
Amir al-hajj
Ambassador to
In office 828 (first term)
Ambassador to
In office 829 (second term)
Ambassador to
In office 830 (third term)
Ambassador to
In office 831 (fourth term)
Ambassador to
In office 832 (fifth term)
Monarch	al-Ma'mun
Personal details
Parent	Ubaydallah ibn al-Abbas

Abdallah ibn Ubaydallah ibn al-Abbas al-Hashimi (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبيد الله بن العباسي الهاشمي) was a ninth century Abbasid personage and governor of the Yemen.

Career

A minor member of the Abbasid dynasty, being a second cousin of the caliphs al-Hadi (r. 785–786) and Harun al-Rashid (r. 789–809), Abdallah was appointed governor of the Yemen by al-Ma'mun (r. 813–833), and he arrived in Sana'a in ca. 832. He remained governor until the death of al-Ma'mun in 833, at which point he decided to place Abbad ibn al-Ghamr al-Shihabi in charge of the province and departed for Iraq.

Abdallah was also a frequent leader of the pilgrimage, having led the annual events of 828, 829, 831, and possibly 832.

References

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• Van Arendonk, Cornelius (1919). De Opkomst Van Het Zaidietische Imamaat in Yemen. Leiden: E.J. Brill. ISBN 0863721028.