• Abu'l-Faraj Ya'qub ibn Yusuf ibn Killis (Arabic: يعقوب ابن كلس, romanized: Abu’l-Faraj Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn Killis, Hebrew: יעקוב אבן כיליס‎), (930 in...
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  • June 2010. Rashid-al-Din Hamadani – 13th-century Persian physician Yaqub ibn Killis – 10th-century Egyptian vizier under the Fatimids. Leila Mourad – Egyptian...
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  • Yakub (redirect from Yaqub (disambiguation))
    to 1199. Ya'qub ibn Abdallah al-Mansur (b. 760s) was the third son of al-Mansur (r. 754–775) from his wife Fatima. Ya'qub ibn Killis (930–991), Egyptian...
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    the patriarch Abraham, also known as Pope Abraam, and a Jew named Yaqub ibn Killis (in another account of this story he was referred to as Moses) were...
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    the mosque at Constantinople. This lasted until the long-time vizier Yaqub ibn Killis died in 991. Fatimid caliph Al-Aziz Billah chose to pursue a more aggressive...
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  • Fatimid army. However, Alptakin was later poisoned by al-Aziz's vizier, Yaqub ibn Killis. Gil 1997, p. 343. Kennedy 2004, p. 224. Kennedy 2004, p. 205. Romane...
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    preach at least one Friday khutbah (sermon) during Ramadan at al-Azhar. Yaqub ibn Killis, a polymath, jurist and the first official vizier of the Fatimids,...
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    Fatimid caliph al-Aziz Billah (r. 975-996) granted his favored vizier, Yaqub ibn Killis, a fief in modern-day Deir al-Balah, as testified by an inscription...
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    fought off (972–974) before the restructuring of state finances under Yaqub ibn Killis could be embarked upon. Al-Mu'izz was succeeded by his son Al-Aziz...
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    enrolled the services of competent administrators and merchants, such as Yaqub ibn Killis, contributing to his economic accomplishments. Abu al-Misk Kafur gained...
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