Abu Abdallah al-Baridi

Abu Abdallah al-Baridi (Arabic: الحسن البريدي‎) (fl. 927/8–944) was the most prominent of the Baridi family, Iraqi tax officials who used the enormous wealth gained from tax farming to vie for control of the rump Abbasid Caliphate in the 930s and 940s.

Abu Abdallah al-Baridi

Abu Abdallah al-Baridi (Arabic: الحسن البريدي‎) (fl. 927/8–944) was the most prominent of the Baridi family, Iraqi tax officials who used the enormous wealth gained from tax farming to vie for control of the rump Abbasid Caliphate in the 930s and 940s.