The Barmakids (برمکیان Barmakīyān; البرامكة - al-Barāmikah, from the Sanskrit: pramukha प्रमुख `leader, chief administrator, registrar`); also wrongly called Barmecides (philologically, the third syllable contains an unvoiced velar, not a sibilant) were an influential family from Balkh in Bactria where they were ori.....
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priestly family of Iranian origin, from the city of Balkh in Khorsn, who achieved prominence in the 8th century as scribes and viziers to the early ... [1 related articles]
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