Abu Makhlad Abdallah

Abu Makhlad Abdallah ibn Yahya al-Tabari was an Iranian statesman from Tabaristan, who served the Ziyarid ruler Mardavij (r. 930–935), and later the Buyid ruler of Iraq, Mu'izz al-Dawla (r. 945–967). He may have been the son of Ali Yahya ibn Abdallah al-Tabari, a secretary that served the Baridis of Basra.

Sources

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