Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i, Tulunid vizier (born 871)

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i

Abbasid director of finance for Egypt and Syria (871–957)

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i (871–957) was the last important representative of the bureaucratic al-Madhara'i dynasty of fiscal officials. He served as director of finances of Egypt and Syria under the Tulunid dynasty and the Abbasid Caliphate, as well as becoming…