Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Kinani

Muhammad ibn Sa'id ibn al-Sarh al-Kinani (Arabic: محمد بن سعيد بن السرح الكناني‎‎), alternatively given as Sa'id ibn Sarh, was a ninth century governor of the Yemen for the Abbasid Caliphate.

A member of the ahl Filastin ("people of Palestine"), Ibn al-Sarh was appointed to the Yemen during the caliphate of al-Amin (r. 809–813). Although little is known of his administration, by the time he left office he had accumulated a large amount of wealth, which he took with him when he departed from the province during the Fourth Fitna. He then returned to Palestine,^[1] and is subsequently mentioned as seizing control of al-Ramlah during the chaos of the Fitna.^[2]

Notes

1. Al-Mad'aj 1988, p. 204; Al-Ya'qubi 1883, p. 528; Ibn 'Abd al-Majid 1985, p. 27. Bikhazi 1970, pp. 24-25 skips over his governorship.
2. Cobb 2001, p. 95; Gil 1992, p. 293; de Goeje & de Jong 1869, p. 363.

References

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