Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (vizier)

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Muhammad ibn al-Qasim
محمد بن القاسم
Born
Abbasid Caliphate
Died
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Other namesIbn al-Qasim
OccupationAbbasid vizier
Years activeJuly 933 – October 933
(under al-Qahir)
Parent(s)
RelativesAl-Husayn ibn al-Qasim (brother)

Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (Arabic: محمد بن القاسم) was an official of the Abbasid Caliphate who served briefly as vizier in July–October 933 under Caliph al-Qahir (r. 932–934). He hailed from a family of Nestorian Christian origin that had served in the caliphal bureaucracy since late Umayyad times, and was the son, grandson, great-grandson and brother of viziers.

Sources[]

  • Bosworth, C.E. (2002). "Wahb". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume XI: W–Z. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2.
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