ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dā'ūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ (Dayr Qunna, 859 – Baghdad, 1 August 946), was an official of the court of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Descended from a family with long history of service in the Abbasid government, he rose to power in the Abbasid court, serving as vizier from 913–917, and 927–928 as well as de facto during the vizierate of Hamid ibn al-Abbas from 918–923.
Ali ibn Isa's political career, coinciding with the terminal decline of the Abbasid state, was turbulent, marked by a power struggle with his rival Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat and his supporters, resulting in frequent periods of exile. In contrast to the largesse and extravagance of Ibn al-Furat, Ali ibn Isa was austere and a determined opponent of corruption, which earned him many enemies. Nevertheless, he was later remembered as the "good vizier" for his administrative talent and honesty.
References
- van Berkel et al. 2013, pp. x–xi.
- van Berkel et al. 2013, p. 75.
Sources
- Bonner, Michael (2010). "The waning of empire, 861–945". In Robinson, Chase F. (ed.). The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 1: The Formation of the Islamic World, Sixth to Eleventh Centuries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 305–359. ISBN 978-0-521-83823-8.
- Bowen, Harold (1928). The Life and Times of ʿAlí Ibn ʿÍsà, ‘The Good Vizier’. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 386849.
- Bowen, Harold (1960). "ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā". In Gibb, H. A. R.; Kramers, J. H.; Lévi-Provençal, E.; Schacht, J.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume I: A–B. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 386–388. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0512. OCLC 495469456.
- Kennedy, Hugh (2004). The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (Second ed.). Harlow: Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-40525-7.
- 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 byMuhammad ibn Ubayd Allah al-Khaqani | Vizier of the Abbasid Caliphate 16 August 913 – 2 June 917 |
Succeeded byAbu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat |
| Preceded byAbu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat | De facto Vizier of the Abbasid Caliphate De jure Hamid ibn al-Abbas 22 November 918 – 7 August 923 |
Succeeded byAbu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat |
| Preceded byAhmad al-Khasibi | Vizier of the Abbasid Caliphate 13 April 927 – 6 May 928 |
Succeeded byIbn Muqla |
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