# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/khalid-ibn-barmak
# Generated: 2026-09-01T06:03:41.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/khalid-ibn-barmak"
name: "Khalid ibn Barmak"
slug: "khalid-ibn-barmak"
description: "Khalid ibn Barmak was the first prominent member of the Barmakids, an important Buddhist family from Balkh, which converted to Islam and became prominent members of the Abbasid court in the second half of the 8th century. Khalid himself converted to Islam at the Umayyad court in the 720s, but joined the nascent Abbasid revolutionary movement in Khurasan, and played a significant role in the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyads. He enjoyed close relations with the first Abbasid caliph, al-Saffah, functioning as his chief minister and introducing innovations in record-keeping. Under al-Saffah's successor, al-Mansur, Khalid's influence decreased, but he still occupied significant provincial governorships in Fars, Tabaristan, and Mosul. As an administrator, he distinguished himself for his fairness, especially in matters of taxation, and was a popular governor. He appears to have briefly fallen into disgrace around 775, but he managed to recover, helped by the rapid rise of his son, Yahya. Khalid's ties to the Abbasid dynasty were soon strengthened when his grandson, al-Fadl ibn Yahya, became the foster-brother of the future caliph Harun al-Rashid, while Yahya became the prince's tutor. Khalid died in 781/2, shortly after returning from an expedition against the Byzantine Empire."
tagline: "8th-century Abbasid-era official and governor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hemidrachm_of_Khalid_b._Barmak%2C_AH_153.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "705"
deathDate: "782"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             13.70912454797746
  historical:           13.84302
  currentAttention:     70.3030303030303
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "خالد بن برمك"
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    title: "Халит пин Пармак"
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    title: "خالد بن برمک"
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    title: "Холиди Бармакӣ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump