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Barmakids were a family from Balkh, who gained power by getting close to the Umayyad and Abbasid rulers. In the first period of the Abbasid dynasty, during the reign of Harun al-Rashid (r. 170-193 AH) and at the zenith of Abbasid power, they were involved in multiple state affairs. | '''Barmakids''' were a family from Balkh, who gained power by getting close to the Umayyad and Abbasid rulers. In the first period of the Abbasid dynasty, during the reign of Harun al-Rashid (r. 170-193 AH) and at the zenith of Abbasid power, they were involved in multiple state affairs. | ||
The family was known by the name of their grandfather Barmak, who had a high political position. Khalid, Yahya, Ja’far, and Fadl also achieved high political positions in the caliphate. | The family was known by the name of their grandfather Barmak, who had a high political position. Khalid, Yahya, Ja’far, and Fadl also achieved high political positions in the caliphate. | ||
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The decline of the Barmakids is one of the vague points in Islamic history, because the reason behind their fate was never explained by Harun. According to some historians, this fate was related to the story of the marriage of Ja’far and Abbasa, Harun’s sister. The two were supposed to get married superficially without having any actual marital relationship. However, Abbasa began to have a covert marital life with Ja’far and bore him two children, and this stirred up the wrath of Harun. Other scholars have rejected this explanation and mentioned that the reason was Fadl’s refusal to give Harun a portion of the revenues of Fars. According to others, the relation between the Barmakids and the Alids was behind this fate as the Barmakids helped the Alids and released some of their imprisoned figures. Some others, conversely, mention that Imam al-Rida’s damning the Barmakids in that year was the reason behind their decline. Finally, other historians have mentioned that the reason behind the Barmakids’ fall was the conspiracies of their rivals such as Ali b. Isa Yazdanirud, Mansur b. Ziyad, Ja’far b. Muhammad b. Ash’ath, and Fadl b. Sa’id. | The decline of the Barmakids is one of the vague points in Islamic history, because the reason behind their fate was never explained by Harun. According to some historians, this fate was related to the story of the marriage of Ja’far and Abbasa, Harun’s sister. The two were supposed to get married superficially without having any actual marital relationship. However, Abbasa began to have a covert marital life with Ja’far and bore him two children, and this stirred up the wrath of Harun. Other scholars have rejected this explanation and mentioned that the reason was Fadl’s refusal to give Harun a portion of the revenues of Fars. According to others, the relation between the Barmakids and the Alids was behind this fate as the Barmakids helped the Alids and released some of their imprisoned figures. Some others, conversely, mention that Imam al-Rida’s damning the Barmakids in that year was the reason behind their decline. Finally, other historians have mentioned that the reason behind the Barmakids’ fall was the conspiracies of their rivals such as Ali b. Isa Yazdanirud, Mansur b. Ziyad, Ja’far b. Muhammad b. Ash’ath, and Fadl b. Sa’id. | ||
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