Al-Fadl ibn Sahl

Fadl ibn Sahl Dhul-riyasatein Sarakhsi (فضل بن سهل ذوالرياستين سرخسی) was a famous Persian vizier of the Abbasid era in Khorasan, who served under Al-Ma'mun.

A Zoroastrian convert to Islam, he and his brother Hasan made many enemies while wielding incredible power in the courts of al-Mamun, particularly that he was suspected of being a Shia Alavid supporter. Ibn Athir reports that this fact (along with being a former al-majusi) led to considerable amounts of enmity from his Arab rivals, and eventually led to his murder by the vengeful Arabs in Sarakhs.

His brother was also eventually arrested, and al-Mamun moved his capital back to Baghdad from Merv.

References

• Muir, Caliphate, p495
• ʻAbd al-Ḥusayn Zarrīnʹkūb (1379 (2000)). Dū qarn-i sukūt : sarguz̲asht-i ḥavādis̲ va awz̤āʻ-i tārīkhī dar dū qarn-i avval-i Islām (Two Centuries of Silence). Tihrān: Sukhan. pp. 202–205. OCLC 46632917. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)

See also

• List of Iranian scholars
• List of Persian poets and authors