Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi

Names
	Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Mahd ibn Abdallah al-Mansur ibn Muhammad

Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi
إبراهيم بن المهدي
Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi ; إبراهيم بن المهدي
Born	779; Abbasid Caliphate
Died	839; Abbasid Caliphate
Spouse	unknown
Relatives	Al-Hadi (brother) ; Harun al-Rashid (brother) ; Al-Amin (nephew) ; Al-Ma'mun (nephew) ; Al-Mu'tasim (nephew)
Names
Names
	Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Mahd ibn Abdallah al-Mansur ibn Muhammad
Dynasty	Abbasid
Father	Al-Mahdi
Mother
Religion	Islam
Occupation	Singer, ; Composer, ; Arabic Poet

Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi (Arabic: إبراهيم بن المهدي‎; 779–839) was an Abbasid prince, singer, composer and poet. He was the son of the third Abbasid caliph, al-Mahdi, and the half-brother of the poet and musician Ulayya.^[1]

He was not a full brother of al-Mahdi's sons al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid, since his mother was not al-Khayzuran.

During the Fourth Fitna, Ibrahim was proclaimed caliph on 20 July 817 by the people of Baghdad, who gave him the regnal name of al-Mubarak (Arabic: المبارك‎) and declared his reigning nephew al-Ma'mun deposed. Ibrahim received the allegiance of the Hashemites.^[2] He had to resign in 819, and spent the rest of his life as a poet and a musician. He is remembered as "one of the most gifted musicians of his day, with a phenomenal vocal range",^[1] and a promoter of the then innovative 'Persian style' of song, 'which was characterized inter alia by redundant improvisation'.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Kilpatrick, H. (1998). Meisami, Julie Scott; Starkey, Paul (eds.). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-415-18571-4. |volume= has extra text (help)
^ Bosworth, C.E., ed. (1987). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXII: The Reunification of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate: The Caliphate of al-Maʾmūn, A.D. 813–33/A.H. 198–213. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-88706-058-8.
^ Imhof, Agnes (2013). "Traditio vel Aemulatio? The Singing Contest of Sāmarrā', Expression of a Medieval Culture of Competition". Der Islam. 90: 1–20 [p. 1]. doi:10.1515/islam-2013-0001.

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[Encyclopedia-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Kilpatrick, H. (1998). Meisami, Julie Scott; Starkey, Paul (eds.). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-415-18571-4. |volume= has extra text (help)

[2] Bosworth, C.E., ed. (1987). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXII: The Reunification of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate: The Caliphate of al-Maʾmūn, A.D. 813–33/A.H. 198–213. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-88706-058-8.

[3] Imhof, Agnes (2013). "Traditio vel Aemulatio? The Singing Contest of Sāmarrā', Expression of a Medieval Culture of Competition". Der Islam. 90: 1–20 [p. 1]. doi:10.1515/islam-2013-0001.

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