Daily conversations   Food & Restaurant   Travel & Car   Family   Home   Occupations   Kitchen   Week days & Seasons   School   Numbers   Colours   Parts of human body   Things   Persian language   Persian alphabet   Persian grammar   Persian Music   Persian foods   Persian poems   Iranian scientists   English words of Persian origin   Free Downloads   Support   Feedback   Upload your video   Search	Category  »  Iranian scientists                                  Khalid ibn Barmak Khalid ibn Barmak (705-782) was a member of the powerful Persian Barmakids family. He played an important role in the formation of the Abbasid dynasty. He served as minister under the caliph As-Saffah until 775. He is the first Barmakid about whom much is known. According to one tradition, he was the son of an Arab commander and a Persian slave girl, and was later adopted by the Caliphal family - a common practice at the time. Under the first Abbassid caliph, As-Saffah, he was made chief of the land Tax bureau in 749, and remained in that position at least three years. Under the Caliphate of al-Mansur, he was involved in the founding of Baghdad, and protested the use of material from Ctesiphon to build the new city. He was appointed governor of Fars and of Tabaristan. Afterwards, his family gained more privilege under the caliphate of al-Mahdi, with the help of Khalid's son Yahya ibn Khalid. Source: wikipedia.org Previous Next Related links: Gorgani, Rustam, physician Hajji Zayn al-Attar, physician Hakim Muhammad Mehdi Naqi, physician Hakim Muhammad Sharif Khan, physician Hallaj, Mystic-philosopher Add this page to Your Favorites   Previous Next
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