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Al-Husayn ibn Hamdan, son of Hamdan ibn Hamdun. His reports are scattered among al-Mas'udi, Ibn al-Athir and Ibn al-Nadim.
In al-Mas'udi
He and those with him sought safe conduct from al-Mu'tadid when his father alighted in the fortress of al-Sawwara. Al-Mas'udi describes his story in the pursuit of Harun al-Shari and his seizure of him. 3
Al-Mas'udi also says that he and Wasif ibn Sawartakin rose against the vizier of al-Muqtadir, al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan, and killed him in 296 AH. 4
In Ibn al-Athir
Ibn al-Athir says that he was among the leaders of the deposition of al-Muqtadir in 296 AH, and that he undertook to kill the vizier al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan. He rode to al-Shatiba to kill al-Muqtadir but did not find him. When night fell, he went away from Baghdad with his family and property to Mosul. It was said that the cause of his flight was that he saw that what he wanted would not succeed, so he came to an agreement with al-Muqtadir. 5
In the Fihrist
Ibn al-Nadim says that among the books of al-Hallaj was "The Book of Politics", addressed to al-Husayn ibn Hamdan. 6
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 609-610
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 162
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.609
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.649
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.11
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p.272
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Husayn ibn Hamdan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-husayn-ibn-hamdan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.