The Banu'l-Furat (Arabic: بنو الفرات) were a Shia family of civil functionaries of the Abbasid Caliphate in the late 9th and early 10th centuries, several of whom held the office of vizier. In the sources, the members of the family are often simply designated as Ibn al-Furat. Along with their rivals, the Banu'l-Jarrah, they controlled the Caliphate's central government in the early decades of the 10th century.

The most notable members of the family were:

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  • Kennedy, Hugh (2004). The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (Second ed.). Harlow: Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-40525-7.
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  • Abdullah Burgu, Vizier Ibn al-Furât and His Family During the Collapse of Abbasids (PhD thesis under preparation, Selcuk University)