Al-Fath ibn Khaqan, chief confidant and councillor to al-Mutawakkil

Al-Fath ibn Khaqan

9th-century Abbasid official

Al-Fatḥ ibn Khāqān was an Abbasid official and one of the most prominent figures of the court of the Caliph al-Mutawakkil. The son of a Turkic general of Caliph al-Mu'tasim, al-Fath was raised at the caliphal palace alongside the future al-Mutawakkil and adopted by al-Mu'tasim…