Hasan ibn Zayd ibn Hasan

Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (Arabic: الحسن بن زيد بن الحسن بن علي بن أبي طالب) (died 783), was a notable Alid who served as governor of Medina under al-Mansur.

Ḥasan ibn Zayd ibn Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī حسن بن زيد بن حسن بْن عَلِيّ
Abbasid governor of Medina
In office 766/7–772
Monarch	al-Mansur
Preceded by	Ja'far ibn Sulayman ibn Ali (763–766/7)
Succeeded by	Abd al-Samad ibn Ali (772–776)
Personal details
Born	Medina
Died	783 Medina, Abbasid Caliphate
Relations	Tribe: Banu Hashim
Children	Sayyida Nafisa
Parent	Zayd ibn Hasan ibn Ali (father)
Relatives	Al-Hasan (grandfather) Hasan al-Mu'thannā (uncle) Qasim ibn Hasan (uncle) Abdullah ibn Hasan (uncle) Bishr ibn Hasan (uncle) Abu Bakr ibn Hasan (uncle) Talha ibn Hasan (uncle) Fatimah bint Hasan (paternal aunt)

Hasan was the grandson of Hasan ibn Ali, the firstborn son of Ali and Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad. A pious man, he emulated his father and grandfather in not meddling with the power struggles for the Caliphate, and unlike many Alids he acquiesced to the Abbasids' seizure of power after the Abbasid Revolution. The first Abbasid Caliph, al-Saffah, married his daughter, and allowed Hasan to live at the court. In 767, al-Saffah's successor al-Mansur appointed Hasan as governor of the holy city of Medina, but dismissed him in 772 after the two fell out, and confiscated his wealth. After al-Mansur died in 775, the new Caliph, al-Mahdi, restored Hasan to his possessions. Hasan died during the hajj to Mecca in 783, and was buried at al-Hajir.

Sources

• Buhl, Fr. (1971). "al-Ḥasan b. Zayd b. al-Ḥasan". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 245–246. OCLC 495469525.