al-ʿAnbarī, ʿUbaydallāh b. al-Ḥasan - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Tillier, Mathieu
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ʿUbaydallāh b. al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥuṣayn al-ʿAnbarī (d. 168/784-5) was a Basran jurist and qāḍī (judge), born between 100/718-9 and 106/724-5. A high-ranking notable from the tribe of Tamīm, he was a scholar in various disciplines, including law, poetry, lexicography, and tribal genealogies. In 156/773, the caliph al-Manṣūr (r. 136-58/754-75) appointed him both qāḍī and governor in charge of prayer (but not of the army or tax collection) in Basra. The succeeding caliph, al-Mahdī (r.