al-Husayn ibn Sa'id al-Hamdani

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Era: Abbasid Fragmentation
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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abu'l-Sa'ib 'Utba al-Hamadhani · Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad · Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi

Overview

Al-Husayn b. Sa'id b. Hamdan, brother of Abu Firas al-Hamdani; first of the Banu Hamdan to hold Aleppo, wresting it in Rajab 332 from Ahmad b. Sa'id al-Kulabi, the Ikhshid's officer; renowned for valour — Ibn al-Munhim says of him: "and when they saw him advance they cried: behold, the death-darts are beneath that one's banner." ¹

Sources

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

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