Ja'far ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Ja'far al-Hashimi

Chief Qadi of Abbasid Caliphate

Ja'far ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Ja'far ibn Sulayman ibn Ali al-Hashimi جعفر بن عبد الواحد بن جعفر بن سليمان بن علي الهاشمي

Chief Judge of the Abbasid Caliphate
In office 854–863/4
Preceded by	Yahya ibn Aktham
Succeeded by	Ja'far ibn Muhammad

Personal
Born	Abbasid Caliphate
Died	871/2, 881/2 or 882/3
Religion	Islam
Parent	Abd al-Wahid ibn Ja'far ibn Sulayman ibn Ali al-Hashimi
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Region	Abbasid Caliphate
Main interest(s)	Aqidah, (Islamic theology), Tawhid, Islamic jurisprudence
Known for	Participation in the Arab–Byzantine prisoner exchange of 856. Leading the funeral prayers of the caliph al-Muhtadi in 870.
Relations	Abbasid dynasty

Abu Abdallah Ja'far ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Ja'far ibn Sulayman ibn Ali al-Hashimi (Arabic: أبو عبد الله جعفر بن عبد الواحد بن جعفر بن سليمان بن علي الهاشمي)^[1] (died 871/2?) was a Chief judge of the Abbasid Caliphate, from 854 to 863/4.

He was a minor member of the Abbasid dynasty, being a descendant of Sulayman ibn Ali, the uncle of the caliphs al-Saffah and al-Mansur.^[2] Although his jurisdictional background is obscure,^[3] he was appointed as chief judge (qadi al-qudat) by al-Mutawakkil in July 854 as a replacement for Yahya ibn Aktham.^[4] His tenure in office is notable for his participation in the Arab–Byzantine prisoner exchange of 856, during which al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Abi al-Shawarib acted as his deputy in Samarra.^[5] He remained in office until 863 or 864, when he was dismissed and exiled to Basra after the general Wasif al-Turki accused him of engaging with the shakiriyya troops in a suspicious manner.^[6] He was eventually allowed to return to the capital, where in 866 he unsuccessfully attempted to settle a violent dispute between the Turkish and Maghariba army regiments.^[7] In 870 he led the prayers at the funeral of the caliph al-Muhtadi.^[8] He died in 871/2, or in 881/2 or 882/3 according to alternative accounts.^[9]

Notes

^ Ibn Khallikan 1871, pp. 48, 49.
^ Ibn Hazm 1982, p. 34.
^ Melchert 1996, pp. 328, 329 n. 71; Melchert 1997, p. 46.
^ Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 34: pp. 131-32; Gordon et al. 2018, p. 1265; Ibn Khallikan 1871, p. 48.
^ Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 34: pp. 139-40; Al-Mas'udi 1896, p. 258.
^ Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 35: pp. 14, 26 (describing the dismissal and exile as separate events); Melchert 1996, p. 331.
^ Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 35: p. 140.
^ Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 36: pp. 99, 105; Melchert 1996, p. 331.
^ Ibn Khallikan 1871, p. 49; Melchert 1997, p. 45; Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi 2001, p. 59.

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