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Overview
Isma'il ibn Abdallah ibn Abi al-Muhajir, a client of the Banu Makhzum. Al-Baladhuri says that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz appointed him over the Maghrib. He governed in the best manner, called the Berbers to Islam, and read to them Umar's letters to the regions, so that Islam came to prevail over the Maghrib. 1
The account of al-Salabi
In al-Salabi's book Umar appointed him over Ifriqiya in Muharram 99 AH, and sent with him ten of the Successor jurists to instruct the people, and the Berbers all became Muslims in his days. 2
The book describes him as righteous and ascetic, and says that Umar used to send him letters calling the People of the Covenant (dhimmis) to Islam, which he would read to them, and that he died in 132 AH. 3
He is connected with the call of Isma'il to the Berbers.
Connections
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- Isma'il ibn Abdallah and Umar II's Mission to the Berbers
People and things also explored
The Berbers· عمر بن عبد العزيز· Ifriqiya· Isma'il ibn Abdallah and Umar II's Mission to the Berbers
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.323-324
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.338
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.388
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islam.museum contributors. “إسماعيل بن عبد الله بن أبي المهاجر”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ismail-ibn-abdallah-ibn-abi-al-muhajir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.