Barmakids

The Barmakids ( Barmakiyân; al-Barāmikah), also spelled Barmecides, were an influential Iranian family from Balkh, where they were originally hereditary Buddhist leaders (in the Nawbahar monastery), and subsequently came to great political power under the Abbasid caliphs of Baghdad. Khalid, the son of Barmak became the chief minister (vizier) of al-Saffah (), the first caliph of the Abbasid dynasty. His son Yahya aided Harun al-Rashid in capturing the throne and rose to power as the most powerful man in the Caliphate.

13th century Muslim scholar and author

8th century Vizier of Harun al-Rashid's Court

Abbasid vizier and provincial governor (died c.806)

8th-century Abbasid-era official and governor

Abbasid provincial governor (766–808)

Abbasid provincial governor and official (died c.835)

Iraqi poet

barmakid chamberlain of Harun al-Rashid