Mu'adh ibn Muslim
8th-century Abbasid general and governor
Mu'adh ibn Muslim ibn Mu'adh (Arabic: معاذ بن مسلم بن معاذ) was a general and governor for the Abbasid Caliphate.
Mu'adh ibn Muslim معاذ بن مسلم | |
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| Governor of Khorasan | |
| In office 778–780 | |
| Monarch | al-Mahdi |
| Personal details | |
| Died | after 786 Abbasid Caliphate |
| Cause of death | illness |
| Children | Husayn ibn Mu'adh, Yahya ibn Mu'adh |
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Service/ | Abbasid Army |
| Rank | General |
He was a Persian from Khuttal or Rayy, who converted and became a mawla of the Banu Dhuhl tribe. He participated in the Abbasid Revolution in 737/738, and was a partisan of Abu Muslim. In 766, he was among the army of Marw al-Rudh which was defeated by the rebel al-Muqanna. He served as governor of Khurasan in 778–780, and fought against the Alids in 785/786. He probably died shortly after.
He was closely connected to the Abbasid family, and his family continued to enjoy high office: one of his sons, Husayn, was a foster-brother of Caliph al-Hadi, while another son, Yahya, served as governor of Syria and Armenia.
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