Abu Jafar al-Saymari

أبو جعفر الصيمري

Mu'izz al-Dawla's vizier, sent against Umran ibn Shahin of the marshes campaign after campaign till Imad al-Dawla's death in 338 called him to Shiraz 1.

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Abu Jafar al-Saymari, a vizier of Muizz al-Dawla ibn Buyah. 1

His campaign against the Bataih

Muizz al-Dawla sent him to fight Imran ibn Shahin, lord of the Bataih marshes. He fought him again and again and took his family and dependants captive. 1

The move to Shiraz

When Imad al-Dawla died in 338 AH, Muizz al-Dawla wrote to him to hasten to Shiraz to set its affairs in order, so he left Imran and went there. 1

Notes for researchers

  • His full name and date of death need an additional source.

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 365-366
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