916 – 8 February 967), more commonly known simply by his honorific of Sayf al-Dawla (سيف الدولة, lit. 'Sword of the Dynasty'), was the founder of the Emirate...
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a famous Abbasid-era Arabian poet at the court of the Hamdanid emir Sayf al-Dawla in Aleppo, and for whom he composed 300 folios of poetry. His poetic...
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al-Dawla Samsam al-Dawla Sayf al-Dawla Shams al-Dawla Sharaf al-Dawla Shibl al-Dawla Nasr Siraj ud-Dawla Sultan al-Dawla Taj al-Dawla 'Uddat al-Dawla...
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encompassing most of northern Syria. The son of the emirate's founder, Sayf al-Dawla, he inherited the throne at a young age and in the midst of a major...
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with the assistance of his brother Ali (known as Sayf al-Dawla), he established himself as amir al-umara, or de facto regent for the Abbasid caliph....
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Sayf al-Dawla (Arabic: سيف الدولة, lit. 'Sword of the Dynasty/State') was the honorific epithet of Ali ibn Abu'l-Hayja Abdallah, Hamdanid emir of Aleppo...
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Battle of Andrassos (category Battles of Sayf al-Dawla)
of Aleppo under the emir Sayf al-Dawla. It was fought in an unidentified mountain pass in the Taurus Mountains. Sayf al-Dawla had established an emirate...
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Sayf al-Dawla and a member of the Hamdanid dynasty, who were rulers in northern Syria and Upper Mesopotamia during the 10th century. He served Sayf al-Dawla...
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Battle of Raban (category Battles of Sayf al-Dawla)
and the forces of the Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo under the famed emir Sayf al-Dawla (r. 945–967). The battle was a major victory for the Byzantines, and...
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September, Nasir al-Dawla staged a triumphal entry into Baghdad with the captive Baridi commanders, and al-Muttaqi awarded the laqab of Sayf al-Dawla ("Sword of...
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