Salim ibn Sawadah al-Tamimi

Salim ibn Sawadah al-Tamimi (Arabic: سالم بن سوادة التميمي‎) was a governor of Egypt for the Abbasid Caliphate, from 780 to 781.

Salim ibn Sawadah al-Tamimi
Governor of Egypt
In office 780–781
Preceded by	Yahya ibn Dawud al-Kharsi
Succeeded by	Ibrahim ibn Salih

He was appointed by the caliph al-Mahdi in late 780 with jurisdiction over military affairs, while a separate official was selected to handle matters of taxation. The historian Ibn Taghribirdi mentions that during his governorship both Egypt and the Maghreb suffered from a series of violent conflicts, and that Egyptian troops were briefly sent to assist Barqa but were later withdrawn without engaging in any fighting. He remained as governor until mid-781, when he was dismissed and replaced with Ibrahim ibn Salih.[1]

Notes

1. Al-Kindi 1912, p. 123; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, pp. 46-47.

References

• Ibn Taghribirdi, Jamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf (1930). Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira, Volume II (in Arabic). Cairo: Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf (1912). Guest, Rhuvon (ed.). The Governors and Judges of Egypt (in Arabic). Leyden and London: E. J. Brill.