Abu al-Ghayth Munqidh · Islam Museum

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Roles: emir
Era: The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi

Overview

Abu'l-Ghayth Munqidh b. Nasr b. Munqidh al-Kinani (d. 539) — of the Banu Munqidh lords of Shayzar, brother of Abu'l-Mutawwaj Muqallad Mukhlis al-Dawla, father of Sadiq al-Dawla 'Ali lord of the castle; at his death the shaykh-adib Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad Ibn al-Qaysarani al-Khafaji of Aleppo, the diwan poet, mourned him ¹.

Sources

Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan

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