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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.
Ibn Khallikan
13th century Muslim scholar and author
Ja'far ibn Yahya
8th century Vizier of Harun al-Rashid's Court
Yahya ibn Khalid
Abbasid vizier and provincial governor (died c.806)
Khalid ibn Barmak
8th-century Abbasid-era official and governor
Al-Fadl ibn Yahya
Abbasid provincial governor (766–808)
Musa ibn Yahya
Abbasid provincial governor and official (died c.835)

Aḥmad ibn Jaʻfar Jaḥẓah al-Barmakī
Iraqi poet
Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn Barmak
barmakid chamberlain of Harun al-Rashid