Al-Fadl ibn Sahl
Abu l-Abbas al-Fadl ibn Sahl ibn Zadhanfarukh al-Sarakhsi (Arabic: أبو العباس الفضل بن سهل بن زادانفروخ السرخسي, romanized: Abu’l-ʿAbbās al-Faḍl ibn Sahl ibn Zādānfarrūkh as-Sarakhsī; died 818), titled Dhu 'l-Ri'āsatayn ("the man of the two headships"), was a famous Persian vizier of the Abbasid era in Khurasan, who served under Caliph al-Ma'mun (r. 813–832). He played a crucial role in the civil war between al-Ma'mun and his brother al-Amin (r. 809–813), and was the vizier of the Abbasid Caliphate until 817.
Al-Fadl ibn Sahl | |
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| Born | c. 770 Khurasan, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Died | 13 February 818 Sarakhs, Abbasid Caliphate (now Iran) |
| Occupation(s) | Abbasid vizier and official |
| Years active | c. 813 – 817 |
| Era | Abbasid |
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| Relatives | Hasan (brother) Buran (niece) |
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