'Abbada, Ja'far's mother

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Abbada was the mother of Ja'far ibn Yahya al-Barmaki. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Hashimi saw her at his mother's house on the day of Eid al-Nahr, in shabby clothes, speaking boldly about what had befallen her household after the fall of the Barmakids. ²

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Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 369
Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.369

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islam.museum contributors. “'Abbada, Ja'far's mother”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abbada-umm-jafar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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