al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAmr al-Ghanawī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Canard, Marius
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Al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAmr al-Ghanawī (fl. end of the third century/ninth century) was an ʿAbbāsid commander and governor. The sources say nothing directly about his origins, although Yāqūt describes a "Qaṣr al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAmr al-Ghanawī" (4:359-60), located between Naṣībīn and Sinjār, which lie in Diyār Rabīʿa. He first appears in historical accounts on campaign in 286/899, against tribesmen of the Banū Shaybān in al-Anbār, during the reign of the caliph al-Muʿtaḍid (r. 279-89/892-902), then later against other Arab