Abu Sulaym Faraj al-Khadim al-Turki | |
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Rebuild of the city of Tarsus. | |
In office 787 – 788 | |
Monarch | Harun al-Rashid |
Supervised the Prisoner exchange | |
In office 805 | |
Monarch | Harun al-Rashid |
Personal details | |
Died | Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
Occupation | Abbasid Courtier and Court eunuch |
Known for | Supervised the prisoner exchange with the Byzantines |
Abu Sulaym Faraj al-Khadim al-Turki, [1] sometimes erroneously called Faraj ibn Sulaym, [2] was an Abbasid court eunuch and official.
In 787, Caliph Harun al-Rashid ( r. 786–809) established a new province encompassing the borderlands ( Thughūr) with the Byzantine Empire in Cilicia and Upper Mesopotamia. As part of this, he sent Faraj to rebuild and repopulate the city of Tarsus. [3] Faraj first sent 3,000 Khurasanis to the city, followed by a thousand each from the Syrian districts of al-Massisa and Antioch. The troops arrived in June 788 and encamped outside the city until the reconstruction of its walls, and the erection of a mosque, were completed. [4] [5] Furthermore, he supervised the very first prisoner exchange with the Byzantines recorded by al-Mas'udi for Harun's reign, in 805, on the Lamos River. [6] Faraj evidently played an important role in the Byzantine frontier, as he is attested as the collector of the tithe in the area during the last years of Harun al-Rashid, and is recorded as having restored the "palace of Sayhan" in the area, and as the owner of a house in Antioch. [7]
He is mentioned in 819, as accompanying the captured anti-caliph, Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, into the presence of Caliph al-Ma'mun ( r. 813–833). [8]
Abu Sulaym Faraj al-Khadim al-Turki | |
---|---|
Rebuild of the city of Tarsus. | |
In office 787 – 788 | |
Monarch | Harun al-Rashid |
Supervised the Prisoner exchange | |
In office 805 | |
Monarch | Harun al-Rashid |
Personal details | |
Died | Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
Occupation | Abbasid Courtier and Court eunuch |
Known for | Supervised the prisoner exchange with the Byzantines |
Abu Sulaym Faraj al-Khadim al-Turki, [1] sometimes erroneously called Faraj ibn Sulaym, [2] was an Abbasid court eunuch and official.
In 787, Caliph Harun al-Rashid ( r. 786–809) established a new province encompassing the borderlands ( Thughūr) with the Byzantine Empire in Cilicia and Upper Mesopotamia. As part of this, he sent Faraj to rebuild and repopulate the city of Tarsus. [3] Faraj first sent 3,000 Khurasanis to the city, followed by a thousand each from the Syrian districts of al-Massisa and Antioch. The troops arrived in June 788 and encamped outside the city until the reconstruction of its walls, and the erection of a mosque, were completed. [4] [5] Furthermore, he supervised the very first prisoner exchange with the Byzantines recorded by al-Mas'udi for Harun's reign, in 805, on the Lamos River. [6] Faraj evidently played an important role in the Byzantine frontier, as he is attested as the collector of the tithe in the area during the last years of Harun al-Rashid, and is recorded as having restored the "palace of Sayhan" in the area, and as the owner of a house in Antioch. [7]
He is mentioned in 819, as accompanying the captured anti-caliph, Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, into the presence of Caliph al-Ma'mun ( r. 813–833). [8]