- The
Barmakids (Persian: برمکیان Barmakiyân; Arabic: البرامكة al-Barāmikah), also
spelled Barmecides, were an
influential Iranian family from Balkh, where...
- romanized: Yahyā ibn Khālid; died 806 CE) was the most
prominent member of the
Barmakid family,
serving as
provincial governor and all-powerful long-time vizier...
-
center of knowledge,
culture and trade.
During his rule, the
family of
Barmakids,
which pla**** a
deciding role in
establishing the
Abbasid Caliphate, declined...
- by the
abrupt fall of the
Barmakid family from power. On the one hand, this
event may
reflect the fact that the
Barmakids had
become indeed too powerful...
-
Abbasid period was
marked by
dependence on
Persian bureaucrats (such as the
Barmakid family) for
governing the
territories as well as an
increasing inclusion...
- by the
abrupt fall of the
Barmakid family from power. On the one hand, this
event may
reflect the fact that the
Barmakids had
become indeed too powerful...
-
linked to the
extensive trade routes connecting West Asia to China. The
Barmakid family was an
early supporter of the
Abbasid Revolution against the Umayyads...
-
onward into China. Nava Vihara's
hereditary administrators, the
Persian Barmakids,
converted from
Buddhism to
Islam after the monastery's
conquest and became...
- its heart.
Construction in the area was also
heavily financed by the
Barmakids, and the area
became known as Rusafa.
According to reports, he was tall...
- (Yahya ibn Khalid) in that position. He was a
member of the
influential Barmakid family,
formerly Buddhist leaders of the Nava
Vihara monastery. He was...
