The Tahirid Palace (Dār Ibn Ṭāhir) or Tahirid Precinct/Sanctuary (al-Ḥarīm al-Ṭāhirī) was an Abbasid-era palace in Baghdad The palace was constructed on the western bank of the Tigris River, at the so-called Zubaidiyya Fief, by Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir, a member of the Tahirid dynasty, which during the 9th century ruled Khurasan as semi-independent clients of the Abbasids, and held the post of governor of Baghdad. The palace functioned as the seat of the Tahirid governors, and had the rights of sanctuary (ḥarīm), meaning that anyone could seek refuge on its grounds.