طاهر بن عبد الله
Tahir ibn Abdallah | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Khurasan | |
| في المنصب 845 – 862 | |
| العاهل | Al-Wathiq, Al-Mutawakkil, and Al-Muntasir |
| سبقه | Abdallah ibn Tahir |
| خلـَفه | Muhammad ibn Tahir |
| تفاصيل شخصية | |
| وُلِد | Unknown date |
| توفي | 862 Khurasan, Abbasid Caliphate |
| الأنجال | Muhammad ibn Tahir |
| الوالدان | Abdallah ibn Tahir |
Tahir ibn 'Abdallah (died 862) was the Tahirid governor of Khurasan from 845 until 862. He was the governor for seventeen years under Abbasid caliph al-Wathiq, al-Mutawakkil and al-Muntasir.
During his father 'Abdallah's lifetime, Tahir was sent into the steppes to the north in order to keep the Oghuz Turks in line;[1] he probably received Samanid assistance in this venture. When 'Abdallah died in 844, the Caliph al-Wathiq originally appointed another Tahirid, Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Mus'abi, as his successor in Khurasan, but then reversed this decision and confirmed Tahir as governor.
Little is known about Tahir's rule, although there was unrest in some of the outlying provinces. Sistan, for example, was lost to the Tahirids when the 'ayyar leader Salih ibn al-Nadr drove out Tahir's governor and took power there himself. Tahir died in 862; his will stated that his young son Muhammad should succeed him as governor, and this was honored by the caliph.
References
- ^ Gordon 2001, p. 31.
Sources
| سبقه Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani |
Governor of Khurasan 845–862 |
تبعه Muhammad ibn Tahir |
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