Syria under the Abbasid Caliphate

Autonomous ruler of Egypt and Syria (882-946)

provincial region of the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid Islamic caliphates

Abbasid governor of Syria (c.712–764)

Al-ʿAwāṣim (, "the defences, fortifications"; sing. al-ʿāṣimah, , "protectress") was the Arabic term used to refer to the Muslim side of the frontier zone between the Byzantine Empire and the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates in Cilicia, northern Syria and Upper Mesopotamia. It was established in the early 8th century, once the first wave of the Muslim conquests ebbed, and lasted until the mid-10th century, when the Byzantine advance overran it. It comprised the forward marches, comprising a chain of fortified strongholds, known as al-thughūr (; sing. al-thaghr, , "cleft, opening"), and the rear

Abbasid governor and general (711-769)

Abbasid general and provincial governor (750–812)

province of Arab Islamic Caliphates

9th-century Arab leader of the Shayban tribe

Ibrahim ibn Jaʽfar al-Mutawakkil (; died 866), better known by his laqab '''al-Mu'ayyad''' (), was an Abbasid prince, the third son of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil, He was the governor of Syria from 850 to 861 and also for a time third-in-line to the Abbasid throne.

Abbasid prince and political leader (766/7 – 813/5)

thumb|Arabia during al-Faddayni's lifetime '''Sa'id ibn Khalid ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn Uthman ibn Affan al-Uthmani (, ), commonly known as al-Faddayni''' (), was a member of the Umayyad family who led a failed revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate in the Hauran and Balqa (Transjordan) in 813, during the Fourth Muslim Civil War, in a bid to claim the caliphate. His revolt followed two other abortive revolts by Umayyad claimants to the caliphate in Damascus, those of Abu al-Umaytir al-Sufyani and Maslama ibn Ya'qub. In effect, al-Faddayni's rebellion was the last major attempt to r

9th-century rebel during Abbasid era (811–813)

9th-century Abbasid senior courtier

Umayyad prince and a pretender to the Umayyad Caliphate (died c.754)

historical region in central Jordan