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Sayf al-Dawla, founder of the Emirate of Aleppo (died 967)
Sayf al-Dawla, founder of the Emirate of Aleppo (died 967)
Sayf al-Dawla, founder of the Emirate of Aleppo (died 967)
Sayf al-Dawla
10th-century Muslim ruler of northern Syria
- Born
- 916
ʿAlī ibn ʾAbū'l-Hayjāʾ ʿAbdallāh ibn Ḥamdān ibn Ḥamdūn ibn al-Ḥārith al-Taghlibī, more commonly known simply by his honorific of Sayf al-Dawla, was the founder of the Emirate of Aleppo, encompassing most of northern Syria and parts of the western Jazira.