Bakjur was a Circassian military slave (mamluk or ghulam) who served the Hamdanids of Aleppo and later the Fatimids of Egypt. He seized control of Aleppo...
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important such defection was that of the Hamdanid governor of Homs, Bakjur, in 983. Bakjur contacted al-Aziz directly and offered to enter Fatimid service...
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Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Baghdadi Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Tamimi Jawhar Bakjur Manjutakin Anushtakin al-Dizbari al-Basasiri Qadi al-Fadil Military Fatimid...
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987). Fall – Fatimid troops under the defecting Hamdanid governor of Homs, Bakjur, attack Aleppo (modern Syria), but are repulsed through the intervention...
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Jazira, but his rule was soon challenged by the rebellion of his governor Bakjur, who was supported by the Fatimids of Egypt. In turn, Sa'd came to rely...
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Qarghuyah would be guaranteed rule over Aleppo, and Bakjur would be designated as his successor. In 975, Bakjur deposed and imprisoned Qarghuyah and seized control...
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Al-Muqaddasi, Arab Muslim geographer Ashot-Sahak, king of Vaspurakan (Armenia) Bakjur, Hamdanid mercenary and governor Gausfred I, count of Empúries and Roussillon...
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Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Baghdadi Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Tamimi Jawhar Bakjur Manjutakin Anushtakin al-Dizbari al-Basasiri Qadi al-Fadil Military Fatimid...
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army in 983, indicating the large size of that Kilabi division. Meanwhile, Bakjur, Sa'd al-Dawla's rebellious ghulam (slave soldier), had his own contingent...
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Antzitene. Emir Sa'd al-Dawla recovers his capital, Aleppo, from the ghulam Bakjur, who receives the governorship of Homs as compensation. Æthelwold, bishop...
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