Isa ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas

عيسى بن علي بن عبد الله بن العباس

Isa ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas; in al-Baladhuri from al-Waqidi: he was at Mar'ash — having led that year's raid — when Michael came out of the Darb al-Hadath with eighty thousand in year 161 and reached the city gate; Isa's mawalis, the townsfolk and their fighters went out, shot him with arrows, pursued when he feigned flight, then he turned on them and killed eight of Isa's mawalis before besieging the shut city and withdrawing to Jayhan.

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Isa ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas. Al-Baladhuri relates from al-Waqidi that he was at Marash, and that he raided in that year, when Michael left the Darb al-Hadath in 161 AH. 1

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Michael went out with eighty thousand men and reached the city gate. The clients of Isa and the people of the city came out against him to fight, and shot arrows at him. He feigned flight, then turned on them and killed eight of the clients. The rest took refuge in the city, and he besieged them, then withdrew toward Jayhan. The data describe Isa as "the amir of Marash on the day of the raid", taking part in the raid of Michael in 161 AH. 1

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Michael's Incursion on the Mar'ash Depths, 161

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Muhammad al-Mahdi· al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba· Mar'ash (Germanikeia)· Michael's Incursion on the Mar'ash Depths, 161

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Muhammad al-Mahdi

Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Mansur, al-Mahdi, third Abbasid caliph; in al-Baladhuri: he sent his son Harun raiding Byzantine lands in year 163, besieging Damalu — its people by some reports settled at Baghdad on his ruling, spared and named for their town — and he completed what remained of the march-cities' and fortresses' works after his father al-Mansur, adding to their garrisons, ordered al-Hadath built and bequeathed the building of Tarsus on al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba's description; in his caliphate a body of Qinnasrin's hadir converted and he had the khadra written at their hands.