Muttalib ibn Abdallah ibn Malik

Muttalib ibn Abdallah ibn Malik al-Khuza'i (Arabic: مطلب بن عبدالله بن مالك الخزاعي) was a son of the Abbasid general and administrator Abdallah ibn Malik al-Khuza'i. During the civil war between al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, he sided with the latter.

Muttalib ibn Abdallah ibn Malik al-Khuza'i
مطلب بن عبدالله بن مالك الخزاعي
Abbasid Governor of Egypt
(First term)
In office
813–814
Monarchal-Ma'mun
Preceded byAbbad ibn Muhammad
Succeeded byal-Abbas ibn Musa
Abbasid Governor of Egypt
(Second term)
In office
814–816
Monarchal-Mamun
Preceded byal-Abbas ibn Musa
Succeeded byal-Sari ibn al-Hakam
Personal details
BornAbbasid Caliphate
Parent

In 811, he administered the oath of allegiance (bay'ah) to al-Ma'mun for Mosul, and was named governor of Egypt briefly in 813 and again from 814 to 816. In 817, however, after al-Ma'mun chose the Alid Ali al-Rida as his heir, Muttalib joined the uprising in Baghdad against al-Ma'mun, and even administered the oath to the city's rival Caliph, Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi.

Sources

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  • Crone, Patricia (1980). Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 181–182. ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
Preceded by Governor of Egypt
813–814
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Egypt
814–816
Succeeded by