Rise and Fall of the Barmakids
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Rise and Fall of the Barmakids
Stories from a Forgotten Persian Manuscript
Azad, Arezou; Firoozbakhsh, Pejman
Edinburgh University Press
02/2026
344
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Inglês
9781399559317
15 a 20 dias
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Note on the Invisible East collection
Abbreviations
Editor's and translator's introduction
Notes on the translation and annotations
Translated text of Akhbar-i Barmakiyan (The Accounts of the Barmakids)
Introduction
Story 1: Barmak's meeting with ?Abd al-Malik b. Marwan; his son Khalid and the construction of a new palace in Baghdad
Story 2: Khalid's mentorship of al-Mahdi and the battle with the Daylamites
Story 3: Ya?ya's illness and the Christian doctor from Fars
Story 4: Ya?ya and the petitioners
Story 5: Fa?l's generous acts towards ?ali? al-An?ari
Story 6: The love affair of Ja?far and ?Abbasa
Story 7: Fa?l b. Ya?ya and the Sindi visitor
Story 8: Fa?l's squabble with his secretary, and his father's reaction
Story 9: The faultless house of Fa?l
Story 10: Ya?ya and Fa?l in prison without firewood
Story 11: Harun's dilemma: to destroy the Barmakids or not
Story 12: Harun's remorse and al-Fa?l b. al-Rabi?'s poor advice
Story 13: Ja?far, the poet ?ari? al-Ghawani and the courtesan Ray?ana
Story 14: Ya?ya saves Man?ur b. Ziyad's life
Story 15: Ja?far's vitiligo and Ya?ya's confirmation of his filial piety
Story 16: Ja?far's party and ?Abd al-Malik al-Hashimi's requests
Story 17: Ya?ya and the petitioner A?mad b. Abi Khalid al-A?wal
Story 18: Fa?l saves the secretary Musayyib b. Qasim's life
Story 19: Mu?adh b. ?arb's forgery brings friendship to Ya?ya and his rival
Story 20: Ya?ya saves A?mad from his beautiful but conniving wife
Story 21: Fa?l interrupts his drinking and saves the noble man Khalil al-Kindi
Story 22: Ja?far convinces the caliph to restore Sa?id b. Salam
Story 23: Ya?ya builds a grand house for Is?aq b. Ibrahim al-Maw?ili
Story 24: Ja?far's skill at judging people's petitions on behalf of the caliph
Story 25: Ja?far resolves an intractable legal case from Basra
Story 26: ?Ali b. ?Isa b. Mahan's ruinous rule and Harun's remorse
Story 27: Fa?l restores Ya?ya b. Mu?adh's wealth and prestige
Story 28: Fa?l fears the fires of hell while taking a hot bath
Story 29: Fa?l changes the life of a youth on his wedding day
Story 30: al-Ja?i?'s endorsement of Ja?far's erudition
Story 31: Harun's acrimony and his obstinate suppression of the Barmakids' legacy
Story 32: ?Ali b. Hisham's stinginess towards his teacher Is?aq al-Maw?ili
Story 33: An Abbasid family member asks Fa?l for a loan
Story 34: A youth doubts the truth of the accounts about the Barmakids' generosity
Story 35: Fa?l corrects his error by reinstating the commander of Khurasan
Story 36: The loyalty of Ja?far's Byzantine slave in defiance of Harun's ban
Story 37: The astrologers' prediction of Ya?ya's disgrace
Story 38: Ya?ya and the blind fortune teller Abu Ya?qub
Story 39: The impertinent poet who became Fa?l's most trusted companion
Story 40: Harun breaks his oath to protect Ja?far
Story 41: Ya?ya's plea for advice on how to save his family
Story 42: The Barmakids' kindness to others while mourning their own demise
Story 43: Ya?ya's last-ditch attempt to save the Barmakids
Story 44: Harun's greed and desire for the Barmakids' estate
Story 45: Ja?far explains his expenditures on charity and beauty
Story 46: Ja?far's astrological predictions of his misfortune
Story 47: Ja?far and the eloquent beggar
Story 48: Ya?ya counsels Ja?far on respecting one's neighbours
Story 49: Fa?l's helps the poor doctor who treated him in prison
Story 50: Abu al-?asan recites accounts about the Barmakids to Fa?l in prison
Story 51: The man who called the Barmakids heretics and whom Fa?l forgave
Story 52: The Barmakid generosity extends to their knowledge and wisdom
Story 53: Harun releases Ya?ya and his family on the way to al-Raqqa
Story 54: An Arab commander mourns Ja?far's death and Harun writes to the Barmakid women
Story 55: Ja?far's brothers mourn his death, Harun asks the guards to be good to the Barmakids and an uncle disregards their plight
Story 56: Harun aids some members of the Barmakid family and punishes others
Story 57: Harun's suspicions and the integrity of Ya?ya and Fa?l in prison
Story 58: A few short anecdotes about Ya?ya's generosity
Story 59: Ya?ya and the ascetic, and his abandonment of astrology
Story 60: Ya?ya vows to abondon his faith in omens
Story 61: Ya?ya's rancid sweets and the petitioners who had to wait
Story 62: The superiority of Ja?far in debating al-Fa?l b. al-Rabi?
Story 63: Ja?far judges petitioners' requests at the request of the caliph
Story 64: The caliph and Ja?far trade places to teach ?arith a lesson
Story 65: Ja?far hears a song about death when his executioner arrives
Story 66: Harun's and Fa?l's identical horoscopes, Harun's wish to reinstate Fa?l as vizier and Harun's death
Story 67: The loyalty of Ja?far towards Harun and of ?Isa b. Shah Firuz towards Ja?far
Story 68: The restoration of the Barmakids by the caliphs Amin and al-Ma?mun
Story 69: Ya?ya helps Fa?l donate money to all the poor people of Baghdad
Story 70: Al-Ma?mun revives the Barmakids' glory in a new generation
Appendices
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo credits
Index
Abbreviations
Editor's and translator's introduction
Notes on the translation and annotations
Translated text of Akhbar-i Barmakiyan (The Accounts of the Barmakids)
Introduction
Story 1: Barmak's meeting with ?Abd al-Malik b. Marwan; his son Khalid and the construction of a new palace in Baghdad
Story 2: Khalid's mentorship of al-Mahdi and the battle with the Daylamites
Story 3: Ya?ya's illness and the Christian doctor from Fars
Story 4: Ya?ya and the petitioners
Story 5: Fa?l's generous acts towards ?ali? al-An?ari
Story 6: The love affair of Ja?far and ?Abbasa
Story 7: Fa?l b. Ya?ya and the Sindi visitor
Story 8: Fa?l's squabble with his secretary, and his father's reaction
Story 9: The faultless house of Fa?l
Story 10: Ya?ya and Fa?l in prison without firewood
Story 11: Harun's dilemma: to destroy the Barmakids or not
Story 12: Harun's remorse and al-Fa?l b. al-Rabi?'s poor advice
Story 13: Ja?far, the poet ?ari? al-Ghawani and the courtesan Ray?ana
Story 14: Ya?ya saves Man?ur b. Ziyad's life
Story 15: Ja?far's vitiligo and Ya?ya's confirmation of his filial piety
Story 16: Ja?far's party and ?Abd al-Malik al-Hashimi's requests
Story 17: Ya?ya and the petitioner A?mad b. Abi Khalid al-A?wal
Story 18: Fa?l saves the secretary Musayyib b. Qasim's life
Story 19: Mu?adh b. ?arb's forgery brings friendship to Ya?ya and his rival
Story 20: Ya?ya saves A?mad from his beautiful but conniving wife
Story 21: Fa?l interrupts his drinking and saves the noble man Khalil al-Kindi
Story 22: Ja?far convinces the caliph to restore Sa?id b. Salam
Story 23: Ya?ya builds a grand house for Is?aq b. Ibrahim al-Maw?ili
Story 24: Ja?far's skill at judging people's petitions on behalf of the caliph
Story 25: Ja?far resolves an intractable legal case from Basra
Story 26: ?Ali b. ?Isa b. Mahan's ruinous rule and Harun's remorse
Story 27: Fa?l restores Ya?ya b. Mu?adh's wealth and prestige
Story 28: Fa?l fears the fires of hell while taking a hot bath
Story 29: Fa?l changes the life of a youth on his wedding day
Story 30: al-Ja?i?'s endorsement of Ja?far's erudition
Story 31: Harun's acrimony and his obstinate suppression of the Barmakids' legacy
Story 32: ?Ali b. Hisham's stinginess towards his teacher Is?aq al-Maw?ili
Story 33: An Abbasid family member asks Fa?l for a loan
Story 34: A youth doubts the truth of the accounts about the Barmakids' generosity
Story 35: Fa?l corrects his error by reinstating the commander of Khurasan
Story 36: The loyalty of Ja?far's Byzantine slave in defiance of Harun's ban
Story 37: The astrologers' prediction of Ya?ya's disgrace
Story 38: Ya?ya and the blind fortune teller Abu Ya?qub
Story 39: The impertinent poet who became Fa?l's most trusted companion
Story 40: Harun breaks his oath to protect Ja?far
Story 41: Ya?ya's plea for advice on how to save his family
Story 42: The Barmakids' kindness to others while mourning their own demise
Story 43: Ya?ya's last-ditch attempt to save the Barmakids
Story 44: Harun's greed and desire for the Barmakids' estate
Story 45: Ja?far explains his expenditures on charity and beauty
Story 46: Ja?far's astrological predictions of his misfortune
Story 47: Ja?far and the eloquent beggar
Story 48: Ya?ya counsels Ja?far on respecting one's neighbours
Story 49: Fa?l's helps the poor doctor who treated him in prison
Story 50: Abu al-?asan recites accounts about the Barmakids to Fa?l in prison
Story 51: The man who called the Barmakids heretics and whom Fa?l forgave
Story 52: The Barmakid generosity extends to their knowledge and wisdom
Story 53: Harun releases Ya?ya and his family on the way to al-Raqqa
Story 54: An Arab commander mourns Ja?far's death and Harun writes to the Barmakid women
Story 55: Ja?far's brothers mourn his death, Harun asks the guards to be good to the Barmakids and an uncle disregards their plight
Story 56: Harun aids some members of the Barmakid family and punishes others
Story 57: Harun's suspicions and the integrity of Ya?ya and Fa?l in prison
Story 58: A few short anecdotes about Ya?ya's generosity
Story 59: Ya?ya and the ascetic, and his abandonment of astrology
Story 60: Ya?ya vows to abondon his faith in omens
Story 61: Ya?ya's rancid sweets and the petitioners who had to wait
Story 62: The superiority of Ja?far in debating al-Fa?l b. al-Rabi?
Story 63: Ja?far judges petitioners' requests at the request of the caliph
Story 64: The caliph and Ja?far trade places to teach ?arith a lesson
Story 65: Ja?far hears a song about death when his executioner arrives
Story 66: Harun's and Fa?l's identical horoscopes, Harun's wish to reinstate Fa?l as vizier and Harun's death
Story 67: The loyalty of Ja?far towards Harun and of ?Isa b. Shah Firuz towards Ja?far
Story 68: The restoration of the Barmakids by the caliphs Amin and al-Ma?mun
Story 69: Ya?ya helps Fa?l donate money to all the poor people of Baghdad
Story 70: Al-Ma?mun revives the Barmakids' glory in a new generation
Appendices
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo credits
Index
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Barmakids; advice literature; Persian literature; medieval literature; medieval administration; caliphal court; Mughal India; Medieval Afghanistan; Delhi sultanate; Persian
Note on the Invisible East collection
Abbreviations
Editor's and translator's introduction
Notes on the translation and annotations
Translated text of Akhbar-i Barmakiyan (The Accounts of the Barmakids)
Introduction
Story 1: Barmak's meeting with ?Abd al-Malik b. Marwan; his son Khalid and the construction of a new palace in Baghdad
Story 2: Khalid's mentorship of al-Mahdi and the battle with the Daylamites
Story 3: Ya?ya's illness and the Christian doctor from Fars
Story 4: Ya?ya and the petitioners
Story 5: Fa?l's generous acts towards ?ali? al-An?ari
Story 6: The love affair of Ja?far and ?Abbasa
Story 7: Fa?l b. Ya?ya and the Sindi visitor
Story 8: Fa?l's squabble with his secretary, and his father's reaction
Story 9: The faultless house of Fa?l
Story 10: Ya?ya and Fa?l in prison without firewood
Story 11: Harun's dilemma: to destroy the Barmakids or not
Story 12: Harun's remorse and al-Fa?l b. al-Rabi?'s poor advice
Story 13: Ja?far, the poet ?ari? al-Ghawani and the courtesan Ray?ana
Story 14: Ya?ya saves Man?ur b. Ziyad's life
Story 15: Ja?far's vitiligo and Ya?ya's confirmation of his filial piety
Story 16: Ja?far's party and ?Abd al-Malik al-Hashimi's requests
Story 17: Ya?ya and the petitioner A?mad b. Abi Khalid al-A?wal
Story 18: Fa?l saves the secretary Musayyib b. Qasim's life
Story 19: Mu?adh b. ?arb's forgery brings friendship to Ya?ya and his rival
Story 20: Ya?ya saves A?mad from his beautiful but conniving wife
Story 21: Fa?l interrupts his drinking and saves the noble man Khalil al-Kindi
Story 22: Ja?far convinces the caliph to restore Sa?id b. Salam
Story 23: Ya?ya builds a grand house for Is?aq b. Ibrahim al-Maw?ili
Story 24: Ja?far's skill at judging people's petitions on behalf of the caliph
Story 25: Ja?far resolves an intractable legal case from Basra
Story 26: ?Ali b. ?Isa b. Mahan's ruinous rule and Harun's remorse
Story 27: Fa?l restores Ya?ya b. Mu?adh's wealth and prestige
Story 28: Fa?l fears the fires of hell while taking a hot bath
Story 29: Fa?l changes the life of a youth on his wedding day
Story 30: al-Ja?i?'s endorsement of Ja?far's erudition
Story 31: Harun's acrimony and his obstinate suppression of the Barmakids' legacy
Story 32: ?Ali b. Hisham's stinginess towards his teacher Is?aq al-Maw?ili
Story 33: An Abbasid family member asks Fa?l for a loan
Story 34: A youth doubts the truth of the accounts about the Barmakids' generosity
Story 35: Fa?l corrects his error by reinstating the commander of Khurasan
Story 36: The loyalty of Ja?far's Byzantine slave in defiance of Harun's ban
Story 37: The astrologers' prediction of Ya?ya's disgrace
Story 38: Ya?ya and the blind fortune teller Abu Ya?qub
Story 39: The impertinent poet who became Fa?l's most trusted companion
Story 40: Harun breaks his oath to protect Ja?far
Story 41: Ya?ya's plea for advice on how to save his family
Story 42: The Barmakids' kindness to others while mourning their own demise
Story 43: Ya?ya's last-ditch attempt to save the Barmakids
Story 44: Harun's greed and desire for the Barmakids' estate
Story 45: Ja?far explains his expenditures on charity and beauty
Story 46: Ja?far's astrological predictions of his misfortune
Story 47: Ja?far and the eloquent beggar
Story 48: Ya?ya counsels Ja?far on respecting one's neighbours
Story 49: Fa?l's helps the poor doctor who treated him in prison
Story 50: Abu al-?asan recites accounts about the Barmakids to Fa?l in prison
Story 51: The man who called the Barmakids heretics and whom Fa?l forgave
Story 52: The Barmakid generosity extends to their knowledge and wisdom
Story 53: Harun releases Ya?ya and his family on the way to al-Raqqa
Story 54: An Arab commander mourns Ja?far's death and Harun writes to the Barmakid women
Story 55: Ja?far's brothers mourn his death, Harun asks the guards to be good to the Barmakids and an uncle disregards their plight
Story 56: Harun aids some members of the Barmakid family and punishes others
Story 57: Harun's suspicions and the integrity of Ya?ya and Fa?l in prison
Story 58: A few short anecdotes about Ya?ya's generosity
Story 59: Ya?ya and the ascetic, and his abandonment of astrology
Story 60: Ya?ya vows to abondon his faith in omens
Story 61: Ya?ya's rancid sweets and the petitioners who had to wait
Story 62: The superiority of Ja?far in debating al-Fa?l b. al-Rabi?
Story 63: Ja?far judges petitioners' requests at the request of the caliph
Story 64: The caliph and Ja?far trade places to teach ?arith a lesson
Story 65: Ja?far hears a song about death when his executioner arrives
Story 66: Harun's and Fa?l's identical horoscopes, Harun's wish to reinstate Fa?l as vizier and Harun's death
Story 67: The loyalty of Ja?far towards Harun and of ?Isa b. Shah Firuz towards Ja?far
Story 68: The restoration of the Barmakids by the caliphs Amin and al-Ma?mun
Story 69: Ya?ya helps Fa?l donate money to all the poor people of Baghdad
Story 70: Al-Ma?mun revives the Barmakids' glory in a new generation
Appendices
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo credits
Index
Abbreviations
Editor's and translator's introduction
Notes on the translation and annotations
Translated text of Akhbar-i Barmakiyan (The Accounts of the Barmakids)
Introduction
Story 1: Barmak's meeting with ?Abd al-Malik b. Marwan; his son Khalid and the construction of a new palace in Baghdad
Story 2: Khalid's mentorship of al-Mahdi and the battle with the Daylamites
Story 3: Ya?ya's illness and the Christian doctor from Fars
Story 4: Ya?ya and the petitioners
Story 5: Fa?l's generous acts towards ?ali? al-An?ari
Story 6: The love affair of Ja?far and ?Abbasa
Story 7: Fa?l b. Ya?ya and the Sindi visitor
Story 8: Fa?l's squabble with his secretary, and his father's reaction
Story 9: The faultless house of Fa?l
Story 10: Ya?ya and Fa?l in prison without firewood
Story 11: Harun's dilemma: to destroy the Barmakids or not
Story 12: Harun's remorse and al-Fa?l b. al-Rabi?'s poor advice
Story 13: Ja?far, the poet ?ari? al-Ghawani and the courtesan Ray?ana
Story 14: Ya?ya saves Man?ur b. Ziyad's life
Story 15: Ja?far's vitiligo and Ya?ya's confirmation of his filial piety
Story 16: Ja?far's party and ?Abd al-Malik al-Hashimi's requests
Story 17: Ya?ya and the petitioner A?mad b. Abi Khalid al-A?wal
Story 18: Fa?l saves the secretary Musayyib b. Qasim's life
Story 19: Mu?adh b. ?arb's forgery brings friendship to Ya?ya and his rival
Story 20: Ya?ya saves A?mad from his beautiful but conniving wife
Story 21: Fa?l interrupts his drinking and saves the noble man Khalil al-Kindi
Story 22: Ja?far convinces the caliph to restore Sa?id b. Salam
Story 23: Ya?ya builds a grand house for Is?aq b. Ibrahim al-Maw?ili
Story 24: Ja?far's skill at judging people's petitions on behalf of the caliph
Story 25: Ja?far resolves an intractable legal case from Basra
Story 26: ?Ali b. ?Isa b. Mahan's ruinous rule and Harun's remorse
Story 27: Fa?l restores Ya?ya b. Mu?adh's wealth and prestige
Story 28: Fa?l fears the fires of hell while taking a hot bath
Story 29: Fa?l changes the life of a youth on his wedding day
Story 30: al-Ja?i?'s endorsement of Ja?far's erudition
Story 31: Harun's acrimony and his obstinate suppression of the Barmakids' legacy
Story 32: ?Ali b. Hisham's stinginess towards his teacher Is?aq al-Maw?ili
Story 33: An Abbasid family member asks Fa?l for a loan
Story 34: A youth doubts the truth of the accounts about the Barmakids' generosity
Story 35: Fa?l corrects his error by reinstating the commander of Khurasan
Story 36: The loyalty of Ja?far's Byzantine slave in defiance of Harun's ban
Story 37: The astrologers' prediction of Ya?ya's disgrace
Story 38: Ya?ya and the blind fortune teller Abu Ya?qub
Story 39: The impertinent poet who became Fa?l's most trusted companion
Story 40: Harun breaks his oath to protect Ja?far
Story 41: Ya?ya's plea for advice on how to save his family
Story 42: The Barmakids' kindness to others while mourning their own demise
Story 43: Ya?ya's last-ditch attempt to save the Barmakids
Story 44: Harun's greed and desire for the Barmakids' estate
Story 45: Ja?far explains his expenditures on charity and beauty
Story 46: Ja?far's astrological predictions of his misfortune
Story 47: Ja?far and the eloquent beggar
Story 48: Ya?ya counsels Ja?far on respecting one's neighbours
Story 49: Fa?l's helps the poor doctor who treated him in prison
Story 50: Abu al-?asan recites accounts about the Barmakids to Fa?l in prison
Story 51: The man who called the Barmakids heretics and whom Fa?l forgave
Story 52: The Barmakid generosity extends to their knowledge and wisdom
Story 53: Harun releases Ya?ya and his family on the way to al-Raqqa
Story 54: An Arab commander mourns Ja?far's death and Harun writes to the Barmakid women
Story 55: Ja?far's brothers mourn his death, Harun asks the guards to be good to the Barmakids and an uncle disregards their plight
Story 56: Harun aids some members of the Barmakid family and punishes others
Story 57: Harun's suspicions and the integrity of Ya?ya and Fa?l in prison
Story 58: A few short anecdotes about Ya?ya's generosity
Story 59: Ya?ya and the ascetic, and his abandonment of astrology
Story 60: Ya?ya vows to abondon his faith in omens
Story 61: Ya?ya's rancid sweets and the petitioners who had to wait
Story 62: The superiority of Ja?far in debating al-Fa?l b. al-Rabi?
Story 63: Ja?far judges petitioners' requests at the request of the caliph
Story 64: The caliph and Ja?far trade places to teach ?arith a lesson
Story 65: Ja?far hears a song about death when his executioner arrives
Story 66: Harun's and Fa?l's identical horoscopes, Harun's wish to reinstate Fa?l as vizier and Harun's death
Story 67: The loyalty of Ja?far towards Harun and of ?Isa b. Shah Firuz towards Ja?far
Story 68: The restoration of the Barmakids by the caliphs Amin and al-Ma?mun
Story 69: Ya?ya helps Fa?l donate money to all the poor people of Baghdad
Story 70: Al-Ma?mun revives the Barmakids' glory in a new generation
Appendices
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo credits
Index
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