Muhammad ibn Ubayd Allah al-Khaqani

Abū ʿAlī Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Khāqānī (Arabic: محمد بن عبيدالله الخاقاني) was a senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate, who served as vizier from 912 to 913.

Muhammad ibn Ubayd Allah al-Khaqani محمد بن عبيدالله الخاقاني
Born	Abbasid Caliphate
Died	c. 924/5 Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Occupation(s)	Abbasid vizier and Court official
Years active	July 912 – August 913
Known for	Student of the famous historian al-Tabari
Children	Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Khaqani
Father	Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan

He was the son of the distinguished Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan, who served twice as vizier, under the caliphs al-Mutawakkil and al-Mu'tamid.^[1] The famous historian al-Tabari was his tutor, reportedly being paid ten gold dinars a month.^[2] A rival of Ali ibn al-Furat, he succeeded the latter as vizier to Caliph al-Muqtadir on 23 July 912, and remained in office until 16 August 913.^[1][3] His tenure was marked by attempts to shore up finances through imposing heavy fines to dismissed officials of the Banu'l-Furat faction, and by a pro-Hanbali stance that led to anti-Shi'ite measures.^[1] After his dismissal, he was imprisoned by his successor Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah, and by his rival Ibn al-Furat when the latter became again vizier in 917.^[1] He died in 924/5.^[1] His son Abdallah also served briefly as vizier in 924–925.^[1]

References

1. Sourdel 1971, p. 824.
2. Kraemer 1989, p. xv.
3. van Berkel et al. 2013, p. ix.

Sources

• Kraemer, Joel L., ed. (1989). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXIV: Incipient Decline: The Caliphates of al-Wāthiq, al-Mutawakkil and al-Muntaṣir, A.D. 841–863/A.H. 227–248. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-874-4.
• Sourdel, D. (1971). "Ibn K̲h̲āḳān". 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. p. 824. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0329. OCLC 495469525.
• van Berkel, Maaike; El Cheikh, Nadia Maria; Kennedy, Hugh; Osti, Letizia (2013). Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court: Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32). Leiden: BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-25271-4.

Preceded by Ali ibn al-Furat

Vizier of the Abbasid Caliphate 23 July 912 – 16 August 913

Succeeded by Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah