The Barmakids were a Persian-Tajik family which dated back to the Barmak of Magi, who had become very powerful under al-Mahdi.

The Barmakids ( Barmakīyān ;-al-Barāmikah, from the Sanskrit: pramukha प ् रम ु ख " leader, chief administrator, registrar "; also wrongly called Barmecides ( philologically, the third syllable contains an unvoiced velar, not a sibilant )) were an influential Persian family from Balkh in Bactria which seems to have been of Buddhist origin < ref > van Bladel, K. Akasoy, A .; Burnett, C. & Yoeli-Tlalim, R.

), The New Encyclopedia of Islam, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, revised ed., 2003, ISBN 0-7591-0190-6, Excerpt from: pg 6: " The ' Abbasid dynasty ruled with the help of the Barmakids, a prominent Persian family from Balkh who, before their conversion, had been priests in the Bhuddist monestary of Nawbahar.

" Josef W. Meri, Jere L. Bacharach, " Medieval Islamic Civilization: L-Z, index ", Taylor & Francis, 2006. pg 855: " The Barmakids, a Persian family who had converted to Islam from Buddhism.

" Liyakatali Takim, " The heirs of the prophet: charisma and religious authority in Shi ' ite Islam ", SUNY Press, 2006. pg 51: " The Barmakids were a Persian family of secretaries and wazirs who served the early ' Abbassid caliphs in different administrative capacities.

The car was just about to us, its driver's fat, solemn face intent on the road ahead, on business, on a family in Sante Fe -- on anything but an old pick-up truck in which two human beings desperately needed rescue.

From L'Turu, I heard that until about 1850 the people of this island -- which was about the size of Guam or smaller -- had been of both sexes, and that the normal family life of Melanesian tribes was observed here with minor variations.

Her long thin arms moved in a slow rhythmical gesture over the family possessions which were placed in front of her.

For the family is the simplest example of just such a unit, composed of people, which gives us both some immunity from, and a way of dealing with, other people.

and, `` I do think that families are the most beautiful things in all the world '', burst out Jo some five hundred pages later in that popular story of the March family, which had first appeared when Henrietta was eight ; ;

But things were worked out in the family and late in August he wrote Miss McCrady an explanatory letter in which he told her that matters at home had been in an unsettled condition after Papa's death and he had not known whether he would stay at home with Mama, accept the Northwestern job, or return to Harvard.

He was shown a warm welcome regardless, and spent the time in Winchester recuperating from his ailment, enjoying his family and arranging his private affairs which were, of course, run down.

Inside, as soon as Mr. Skopas had disclosed -- in a hoarse whisper -- the detective's errand, his family gathered in a huddle, forming a mass of dark flesh on and around a brocaded sofa which stood at one side of a baroque fireplace.

He and Mark were the last of the family, and there lay the Cape Ann property which had seemed to have no end, stretching from horizon to horizon, in those golden days of summer.

Times Square, when I ascended to it with my fellow subway travellers ( all dressed as if for a huge wedding in a family of which we were all distant members ), was nearly impassable, the sidewalks swarming with celebrants, with bundled up sailors and soldiers already hugging their girls and their rationed bottles of whiskey.

This one was set up here in 390 A.D. on a pedestal, the faces of which are carved with statues of the emperor and his family watching games in the Hippodrome, done so realistically that the obelisk itself is included in them.

Like many others, he had to work hard, long hours in a struggling family business which, though it was allied to art of a kind -- the design and production of engraved seals -- bore no relation to the painting of pictures.

Now the only way in which all curves of the image family of Af can pass through a fixed point is to have a generator of Af which is not a secant but a tangent of **zg, for then any point on such a generator will be transformed into the point of tangency.

Further research in the meaning of crises as experienced by the consumers of traditional social casework services -- including attempts to develop a typology of family structures, crisis problems, reaction mechanisms, and differential treatment approaches -- and the establishment of new experimental programs are imperative social needs which should command the best efforts of caseworkers in collaboration with community planners.

For example, child welfare experience abounds with cases in which the parental request for substitute care is precipitated by a crisis event which is meaningfully linked with a fundamental unresolved problem of family relationships.

From here they proceeded to ( 3 ) These same areas in relation to their own future family life stages, developing these to the extent of examining various crises which could be expected to confront them at some time or other.

Resolved that his wrongs and bereavements in Kansas, occasioned by the violence and brutality of those who were intent on the propagation of slavery in that territory, call for a charitable judgment upon his recent efforts in Virginia to undermine the despotism from which he had suffered, and commend his family to the special sympathy and aid of all who pity suffering and reverence justice.

later he flees in panic from the family table just as his theft is about to be discovered and is blocked at the front door by a soldier who accusingly holds out a pair of handcuffs which he has brought to Gargery's forge for mending.

Sir Julian Huxley in his book Uniqueness Of Man makes the novel point that just as man is unique in being the only animal which requires a long period of infancy and childhood under family protection, so is he the only animal who has a long period after the decline of his procreativity.

If you are not well acquainted with the area in which you wish to locate, or if you are not sure that you and your family will like and make a success of farming, usually you would do better to rent a place for a year or two before you buy.

In my view, there should be a school which offers significant vocational programs for boys within easy reach of every family in a city.

Both men knew it was in the Norberg family holdings, but to which of the cousins did it belong, Anta or Freya??

Every family of Riviera Presbyterian Church has been asked to read the Bible and pray together daily during National Christian Family Week and to undertake one project in which all members of the family participate.

Even as these intrigues played out, Disraeli was working with the Bentinck family to secure the necessary financing to purchase Hughenden Manor, in Buckinghamshire.

Bocce ( sometimes anglicized as bocci or boccie ) is a ball sport belonging to the boules sport family, closely related to bowls and pétanque with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire.

Although each series is set in a different era, all follow the " misfortunes " of Edmund Blackadder ( played by Atkinson ), who in each is a member of a British family dynasty present at many significant periods and places in British history.

The life of each of the Blackadders is also entwined with their servant, all from the Baldrick family line ( played by Tony Robinson ).

Although they were childless, Potter played an important role in William ’ s large family, particularly enjoying her relationship with several nieces whom she helped educate and giving comfort and aid to her husband ’ s brothers and sisters.

in the 1990 telling of Macbeth in a New York Mafia crime family setting, " Men of Respect " the character of Banquo is named " Bankie Como " played by American actor Dennis Farina.

Wisdom's films, in which he usually played a family man worker who outsmarts his boss, were some of the few Western films considered acceptable by the country's communist rulers, thus Albanians grew familiar and attached to Wisdom.

The church became a strong and public champion of monogamy and the nuclear family, and at times played a prominent role in political matters.

On 17 March 2007 the band played a live show at their rehearsal studio in front of around fifty fans, friends and family.

The couple lived close to family ; at their frequent gatherings Alston enjoyed cooking and Myra played piano.

As prince, Naka no Ōe played a crucial role in ending the near-total control the Soga clan had over the imperial family.

The defining genre of the period was arguably the Heimatfilm (" homeland film "), in which morally simplistic tales of love and family were played out in a rural setting, often in the mountains of Bavaria, Austria or Switzerland.

Another family of instruments which contributed to the development of the modern fiddle are the viols, which are held between the legs and played vertically, and have fretted fingerboards.

As Frederick was rather distant to his family, Eleanor had a great influence on the raising and education of Frederick's children, and she therefore played an important role in the House of Habsburg's rise to prominence.

Frank played Santa for the family.

Mancala is a family of board games played around the world, sometimes called " sowing " games, or " count-and-capture " games, which describes the game-play.

In 1899 Bell's son-in-law Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor was named the first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine and served the organization for fifty-five years ( 1954 ), and members of the Grosvenor family have played important roles in the organization since.

This is the oldest poker family ; the root of the game as now played was a game known as Primero, which evolved into the game three-card brag, a very popular gentleman's game around the time of the American Revolutionary War and still enjoyed in the U. K. today.

The department's primary purpose was to manage the internal affairs of the imperial family and the activities of the inner palace ( in which tasks it largely replaced eunuchs ), but it also played an important role in Qing relations with Tibet and Mongolia, engaged in trading activities ( jade, ginseng, salt, furs, etc.

All enemies are digitized actors, mostly played by Apogee employees and their friends and family.

Helen Wagner played Hughes family matriarch Nancy Hughes on American soap As the World Turns from its April 2, 1956 debut through her death in May 2010.

Cell phones and in-plane credit card phones played a major role during and after the attack, starting with hijacked passengers who called family or notified the authorities about what was happening.

Norman F. Cantor notes the three roles Boniface played that made him " one of the truly outstanding creators of the first Europe, as the apostle of Germany, the reformer of the Frankish church, and the chief fomentor of the alliance between the papacy and the Carolingian family.

Abraham Darby I ( 1678 – 1717 ) was the first, and most famous, of three generations with that name in an Abraham Darby family that played an important role in the Industrial Revolution.

The Royal family played major symbolic roles in the war.