Sulayman ibn Wahb

Abu Ayyub Sulayman ibn Wahb (Arabic: أبو أيوب سليمان بن وهب‎) (died July/August 885) was a senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate who served several times as vizier. His family, the Banu Wahb, were originally Nestorian Christians from Wasit, and had produced secretaries in the caliphal administration since late Umayyad times. Sulayman first appears as a secretary to Caliph al-Ma'mun (r. 813–833). Under al-Wathiq (r. 842–847), he forged ties with the powerful Turkish military, serving as secretary to the Turkish generals Musa ibn Bugha and . Under al-Mutawakkil (r. 847–861) he served twice as ʿamil (supervisor of finances) in Egypt, during which time he reportedly made a fortune.

Sulayman ibn Wahb

Abu Ayyub Sulayman ibn Wahb (Arabic: أبو أيوب سليمان بن وهب‎) (died July/August 885) was a senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate who served several times as vizier. His family, the Banu Wahb, were originally Nestorian Christians from Wasit, and had produced secretaries in the caliphal administration since late Umayyad times. Sulayman first appears as a secretary to Caliph al-Ma'mun (r. 813–833). Under al-Wathiq (r. 842–847), he forged ties with the powerful Turkish military, serving as secretary to the Turkish generals Musa ibn Bugha and . Under al-Mutawakkil (r. 847–861) he served twice as ʿamil (supervisor of finances) in Egypt, during which time he reportedly made a fortune.