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What (who) is Barmecide - definition

FAMILY
Barmacides; Barmecides; Barmaki; Barmakid; Barmakis; Ibn Barmak; Barmecide; Al-Barmaki; Barmacide; Barmaki family
  • Coinage of [[Musa Barmaki]], Abbasid governor of Sindh (circa AH 218-221 AD 833-836). Citing [[al-Mu'tasim]] as "Abu Imam Ishaq". Uncertain mint in Sindh.

Barmecide         
·noun One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an ·adj: Barmecidal.
Barmecide         
['b?:m?s??d]
¦ adjective rare illusory or imaginary and therefore disappointing.
Origin
C18: from Arab. Barmaki, a prince in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, who gave a beggar a feast consisting of ornate but empty dishes.
barmecide         
a.
Delusive, illusory, tantalizing, mock, make-believe, sham, unsatisfying, visionary, unsubstantial, unreal.

Wikipedia

Barmakids

The Barmakids (Persian: برمکیان Barmakiyân; Arabic: البرامكة al-Barāmikah), also spelled Barmecides, were an influential Iranian family from Balkh, where they were originally hereditary Buddhist leaders (in the Nawbahar monastery), and subsequently came to great political power under the Abbasid caliphs of Baghdad. Khalid, the son of Barmak became the chief minister (vizier) of Al Saffah, the first Caliph of the Abbasid dynasty. His son Yahya aided Harun al-Rashid in capturing the throne and rose to power as the most powerful man in the Caliphate.

The Barmakids were remarkable for their majesty, splendor and hospitality. They are mentioned in some stories of the One Thousand and One Nights.