al-Qa'id Fadl ibn Salih

القائد فضل بن صالح

c. 1009 CE · 21 Dhu al-Qa'da 399 AH

Abu al-Futuh Fadl ibn Salih, al-Qa'id Fadl: one of the commanders of the Ubaydid state of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah in Egypt; the town of Munyat al-Qa'id Fadl in the Giza district, opposite Misr, is named after him. He was powerful in al-Hakim's state; then al-Hakim turned against him and imprisoned him, and he was killed in his prison. No funeral was displayed for him, and he was wrapped in a reed mat ¹.

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Era: The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abdallah ibn Yasin al-Jazuli

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Abu'l-Futuh Fadl b. Salih, al-Qa'id Fadl; among the commanders of the 'Ubaydi state of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah in Egypt — the town Minyat al-qa'id Fadl in the Giza district opposite Fustat is named for him; strong in al-Hakim's state until al-Hakim turned on him and imprisoned him — he was killed in his cell, no funeral was shown for him and he was wrapped in a mat. ¹

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

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islam.museum contributors. “al-Qa'id Fadl ibn Salih”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-qaid-fadl-ibn-salih/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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