Ahmad ibn Isma'il ibn Ali al-Hashimi

Ahmad ibn Isma'il ibn Ali (Arabic: أحمد بن إسماعيل بن علي الهاشمي)^[1] was a minor Abbasid personage and provincial governor who was active in the late eighth and early ninth centuries.

Ahmad ibn Isma'il ibn Ali أحمد بن إسماعيل بن علي الهاشمي
Abbasid Governor of Mosul
In office 781–783/5
Monarch	Al-Mahdi
Preceded by	Muhammad ibn al-Fadl
Succeeded by	Musa ibn Mus'ab
Abbasid Governor of Mecca
In office 784/85–785/86
Monarchs	Al-Mahdi again appointed by Harun al-Rashid
Abbasid Governor of Yemen
In office 791–791
Monarch	Harun al-Rashid
Preceded by	Abdallah ibn Mus'ab al-Zubayri
Succeeded by	Ibrahim ibn Ubaydallah al-Hajbi
Abbasid Governor of Egypt
In office 803–805
Monarch	Harun al rashid
Preceded by	Al-Layth ibn al-Fadl
Succeeded by	Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Zaynabi
Personal details
Relations	Abbasid dynasty
Parent	Isma'il ibn Ali al-Hashimi (father)

Life

Ahmad was the son of Isma'il and a grandson of Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas, and was a first cousin of the first two Abbasid caliphs al-Saffah (r. 750–754) and al-Mansur (r. 754–775).^[2] During the caliphate of al-Mahdi (r. 775–785) he was appointed to the governorship of Mosul (781–783/5)^[3] and later became al-Mahdi's final governor of Mecca.^[4] Under Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809) he was again appointed to Mecca^[5] and also served as governor of the Yemen (c. 797).^[6][7]

In 803 he was appointed as governor of Egypt. During his tenure in that province, he received an appeal from the Aghlabid governor of Ifriqiya Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab for help to quell disturbances in the region of Tripoli. He remained in Egypt in two years, before being dismissed and replaced with Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Zaynabi in 805.^[8]